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Teak worth anything?
Pete.:
Pen blanks? Hmm, I might have enough to cut a few thousand.
vtsteam:
It's worth a fortune in boatbuilding. $20-30 a board foot here.
Rail caps stanchions, toe rails, companionway ladders, cleats, deadeyes, blocks, tillers, decking, basically everything and anything except masts. It is THE wood of choice if cost is not a consideration.
Fergus OMore:
VTsteam is correct! I got my first stuff from the stern tubes from the ship breakers yards on the River Tyne at Dunston Staithes. Of course, the bits were stuck down with pitch and had to be cleaned up.
Too good for pens :wack: I'm a bit too young( at 84) to actually see teak used in early cars for track rod bearing blocks. Somewhere I have a note of Ian Bradley- as part of Duplex in Model Engineer describing the use.
With advancing age, I gave my remaining supplies of African blackwood, Brazilian rosewood and Burmese teak to a musical instrument maker. Then I got a request from the big boys in instrument making. You may be interested but blackwood is so scarce now that the turnings are mixed with synthetic resin to re-use!
Cheers
Norman
Arbalist:
Teak is quite weather resistant so I carved our house number on a piece and fixed it near the front door. I oiled it once a year and it looked great. Sold the house over ten years ago so no idea if it's still there or not!
vtsteam:
BTW teak has a lot of silica in it so it dulls woodworking tools fairly fast.
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