Eagle Project Caboose threatened, needs parts to move!

[Charlie B]

Using wood for bearings is nothing new, water turbines have done that for a couple hundred years. The trick is to keep them saturated with lubricant be it water or oil. Most water turbines use lignum vitae <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignum_vitae">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignum_vitae</a><!-- m --> which is so hard you must use metal tools to cut and machine it. Hard maple is also used. I think that the rock maple might even work better than oak, but for a movement at slow speed oak would be fine, and add a can of STP to each box.

Finding complete caboose trucks would be an easier task. There are lots of them as static displays and you might find a suitable trade for a little change.
Charlie