I get it from a supplier in Los Angeles. Definitely the premier wood for outdoors including boats but it is really expensive at this point. 
Paul

So the teak work continues. This boat job is turning into the Winchester House. Finished two bifold doors today and they are ready to sand. Teak is really nasty to work with. Kind of like concrete with wood grain imbedded. I included a picture of a bimetal bandsaw blade after just a minor amount of resawing. 
Paul

Truth!  I just say Teak in the shop and all the tools go dull.

 

 

 

6 hours ago, StaticLV2 said:

all the tools go dull

All of the tools go running?  

 

Conspiracy!  My carefully-shaped pieces of project wood do that when they see me laying out glue and clamps. 

@Masonsailor

Man did this thread bring back some memories. 

Did a lot of Teak work when I worked at Liberty Coach.

(Custom Motorhomes built in Prevost busses.)

 

Have you got the green color worn off your hands yet?

Edited July 8, 20223 yr by Larry Buskirk

Next they want a ski locker built into the deck of the boat. These people have too much money. It will turn most of the deck into a ski locker. Fortunately it will be a drop in so it can be fabricated in the shop. 
Paul

More teak work today but for my boat. Years ago my wife put a basket/shoe rack system on a vertical stainless steel pole in our stateroom. She thought that the baskets were stainless steel which they were not. A magnet might have been in order but now years later they have corroded and failed. I decided to make new ones out of teak. It involved resawing some 8/4 teak down to 4/4 and then using the Shaper Origin to make new ones. I found some 1” stainless steel stop collars to use to hold them up on the pole. 
Paul

That Shaper Origin is incredible!

Very classy looking Paul.

Got it done today despite having to take breaks to elevate the leg. I’ll post a picture once it’s installed on the boat. 
Paul

So the goal here was to make it a somewhat Star Trek theme. Opinions welcome 😎

Tiger shark theme. 

 

Beautiful assembly of wood! (What a rack! ) You’ve got everything in there. 

 

And the shoe rack is aces as well!

 

 

4 hours ago, Masonsailor said:

...I’ll post a picture once it’s installed on the boat. 

Please do. Just be careful of where you step.

On 8/9/2022 at 8:15 PM, Masonsailor said:

So the goal here was to make it a somewhat Star Trek theme. Opinions welcome 😎

 

Super!

We made it to the boat and just got it installed. 

Wow, that is some really nice work!!

 

Excellent work and beautiful boat Paul. Careful out there.