In a message dated 21/11/2004 12:37:17 GMT Standard Time, alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > Before the era of > bitumen roads, famous roads in cities such as London and Berlin were paved > with blocks of jarrah. > I have been interested in the discussions about Jarrah because my father, (who was an aircraft fitter in the 1940s) occaisionaly brought home blocks of a material which he called Jabrock. This material was made up of wooden laminations each about 1/16 inch thick and appeared to be available in thicknesses up to about 3 inches. It was very hard and surprisingly heavy for a product used in aircraft. Could this have been made from Jarrah?. Another thing which has always intriged me is - what does a lignum vitea tree look like?. Ken Jones, in dark but mild (11DegsC) Berkshire MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.