On Mon, 25 May 2009 07:31:00 -0700 (PDT), Veeduber
wrote:

On May 25, 4:04Â*am, Stealth Pilot
wrote:

btw why would anyone bother with bamboo when the same locales have
mahogany propeller woods as native forestry?
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Dear Stealth,

If valid, that's a good point. Does mahogany grow in proximity to
bamboo?

I've sent a number of queries to offices and individuals supposedly
involved in promoting forest products of India and other SE Asian
countries without receiving a single reply.

When I worked along-shore I was surprised to see that ships carrying
cargos from that part of the world used MAHOGANY for dunnage. Indeed,
some years later when stationed at Naval Air Station Alameda I build a
14 foot cat-boat. All of the solid lumber parts were made from
mahogany dunnage I salvaged from piles of the stuff down near the
carrier piers. (The mast was a section of Fir banister-rail; the boom
scarfed from pieces of pine.

-R.S.Hoover


Also, remember bamboo is NOT wood, or even technically a "forest"
product. Bamboo is a reed, or a GRASS.