Anyone ever work with Teak? I got a whole stack of 1" x 3" x 5'. Stuff is very dense and hard. It had a stain on it and found It's a pain to run through my thickness planer. It's heavy too. I understand some 60% of its weight is natural oil. Any ideas what to make with it?
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Years ago kept a sailboat in saltwater slip in Fl. All exterior wood was teak. Vaguely remember cleaning and oiling the teak. Made it look.good for a few months, then do it again. If I remember teak has some grit (sand?) in it making it abrasive to saw blades and other tools. Only made a very few replacement parts to deck hardware mounts and such. Not much help to your query.
What's hard on the blades is done 60% + natural oil in it as well as silica. I had better luck hand planing with my Lee Valley Jack plane than my thickness planer. And yes...I have to sharpen my plane blade now. Bummer!
ive never had nor will i ever have a desire to work with teak ! i used ipe a lot because i worked for a lumber yrad and got a lot of ipe for free 🤑 so yeah it was worth the extra. but ill say, every spring i sand the tables and re oil and the wood looks like brand new again. and ive never had a termite attempt it yet ! 😁
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Corelz you're right! It's close! Ipe is significantly harder than teak. It has a Janka hardness rating of 3,680, while teak has a rating of 1,050. Almost four times harder. Might as well woodwork with a jack hammer!!
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working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
