I am in Singapore this week and I checked on the split pillar block
bearing that I had previously recommended to Skip. The facts are that
while the bearings are manufactured by several companies (1) they are
seldom required by industry here and thus not stocked by local
suppliers and (2) while the vendor did not know the exact unit price
he estimated that it would be in the neighborhood of S$ 700 each , or
in the neighborhood of US$ 500.


Cheers,

Bruce