March 6, 20206 yr Popular Post Had to make a deviation from my current project to make a swim step for a friends boat. Teal is nice to work with but wow is it expensive. He paid $26.00/bd ft. It’s a fairly simple piece to construct but a lot of pieces to cut. Paul
March 6, 20206 yr Lookin good So far. I've got some teak. I just at it as its not my favorite wood for projects. Did he consider Ipe, or was weight and color a problem?
March 6, 20206 yr Author Yes I’m using TB III. No teak was what he wanted. Fortunately he can afford it but still that was a big ticket. It’s a fairly large swim step. I didn’t buy a lot extra and it was $1500. The glue thing with teak or any other wood that oily is tricky. I wipe the surfaces down with acetone immediately before the glue but I think that is mostly a gesture. This is a trailered boat so it won’t be in the water that much on an overall basis. If it was on a boat in a slip and in the water all the time I would do the all thread with plugs through the whole thing. Paul
March 7, 20206 yr Author The final glue up is done. This thing is turning out to be heavier than I expected. It’s still about a 1/4” over on thickness but still pretty heavy. I still have to attach 6 support gussets which are 3” wide and 19 3/4” long for the support brackets and ladder. I guess it’s either heavier than I expected or I’m older than I think. Hmmm Paul
March 7, 20206 yr Mmmm I have that problem about the stuff in my shop getting heavier and I thing the shop gremlins are adding weights at night. Looks like a formidable mounting job for this.
March 7, 20206 yr Author Not sure what he has in mind on the mounting. Fortunately my job ends at the delivery of the swim step 😈
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