Teak supply

Hi Forrest,
I don't know about the left coast but I did a google search when I wanted some in the east last summer. Turned up several sources within 150 miles, and local questioning brought up a good one right here in town. If you don't want much, shipping costs shouldn't eat you up, compared to the price of teak, at least.
The local shop made a run for me to get the sizes I needed, came out with quite a bit of overage which came to me at a good price, so I've made a few more items after I did the cockpit grating in the 25. You can see the cockpit in our album, I need to add the others, I see, maybe I can do that now.
 
Good teak is darn expensive !!! What I do is buy used teak from boat wreckers and mill it down... looks like new and some of the stuff is much better that is available today... Down here we have several used boat parts places... kinda a boaters exchange.. They also always have a ton of really nice mahogany at .25 a board ft. (old Chris-Craft)
You might ask around boat yards...they always have leads on a boat being junked...

Joel
SEA3PO
 
Try buying a couple of hundred thousand BF (board feet) at a time. I was technical director for the Battleship Reactivation Program in the early-mid 1980s and we had to replace much of the teak on the deck of the Iowa Class BBs.

We tried edge grained Fir but it wouldn't stand up to the weight of the 2700 pound projectiles on the carts with the steel wheels! :shock:

Ended up buying a bunch of surplus stuff from the far east, cost a bunch but was worth every penny.

Go Teak if you can get it!

Charlie
 
OK, Charlie, I'll bite. Us Air Force guys have no idea what a BB class is and certainly no idea why it would have wooden deck. By the way was the holly any harder to find than the teak?
 
Charlie,
I am still curious about the purpose of a teak deck on a battleship. Wouldn't a steel deck have been much more practical and cheaper?
 
Wandering Sagebrush":227hfonk said:
I suspect that Flounder Bay in Annacortes will also have teak. That's where I bought the wood for my sailing canoe.
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Sorry, they are out of business now, much to my regret. Someone bought the building and the wood and is now making musical instruments, I believe.

Warren
 
Also, wouldn't steel be slippery when wet? One would need some sort of non skid surface.

On the other hand, maybe the admiral liked showing the teak deck to his girl friend.

Boris
 
Hardel Lumber up in West Olympia has a good supply and they are nice to work with. I used 22" of 1x6 to create a solid surface on which to mount a jump seat just inside the cabin door. Capital Sea now seats four adults inside for winter trips. Will send up a photo at a later point.
If I was going to need much more I would be inclined to seek a good piece of salvaged lumber though.
 
You might consider Purple Heart, I have built several projects and am pleased with it. It is realy hard though, Any good blade will cut it. found it to be 1/4 the price of Teak. You can check it out in my album Mary Ann. Good luck however you go.
 
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