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Species? Well, we’re 1.3% and THEY are 1.6% different. (At least they were in the last episode.) My advice? Don’t mess with them. –snip– – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -So long as you are praised, think only that you are not yet on your own path, but on that of another.                            –Nietzsche Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Clark, Robert Kent Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" –snip– begin:          vcard fn:             Robert Kent Clark n:              Clark;Robert Kent org:            Harmony Christian Church adr:            9038 W 1800 N;;;Elwood;IN;46036;USA title:          Senior Minister –snip–

A Christian quoting Nietzsche?  Well Shiver Me Timbers! Please turn off your codes in USENET, Father. Oh, yeah. You wondered about Teak. My limited experience with it is that it’s similar to Mahogany: Beautiful but not much fun to work with. What kind of pens does he have? All wood? If so, why not use a contrasting blonde wood? (Was that a dumb question? I always wonder when the B word is in there. )  Aspen works well and might contrast nicely with dark wooden pens. Use Purpleheart for a non-competitive dark wood. The Barney Collection? <g    TANSTAAFL: There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch. Hire me to show you why! <g   http://diversify.com/ljaques

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One thing to watch out for: the teak family of woods tend to toxicisity. Wear a mask when making dust.         Bridger +This is a multi-part message in MIME format. +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii +Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit + +My dad asked me to make him a small chest to display and hold his +fountain pen collection.  He wants something out of the ordinary as far +as wood goes.  I have about $15/board foot budget.  He wondered about +Teak, as his office is paneled with it.  I’ve never worked with it; seen +some and it looks grainy and tough. + +My question:  to those who have worked with teak, what are the potential +pitfalls.  Seems like I remember hearing that it is difficult to glue. +What about finishes?  I prefer oil finishes, but is a smooth topcoat +even possible with teak? + +Also, in that price neighborhood, can you make any other suggestions +that I might look at?  This is going to be a major project for me, and I +want it to look great. + +TIA, + +Kent + +– +Robert Kent Clark + +So long as you are praised, think only that you are not yet on your own +path, but on that of another. +                               –Nietzsche +Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf" +Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit +Content-Description: Card for Clark, Robert Kent +Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" + +begin:          vcard +fn:             Robert Kent Clark +n:              Clark;Robert Kent +org:            Harmony Christian Church +adr:            9038 W 1800 N;;;Elwood;IN;46036;USA +title:          Senior Minister +tel;work:       (765) 552-3027 +tel;fax:        same +tel;home:       same +x-mozilla-cpt:  ;0 +x-mozilla-html: TRUE +version:        2.1 +end:            vcard + + +

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My dad asked me to make him a small chest to display and hold his fountain pen collection.  He wants something out of the ordinary as far as wood goes.  I have about $15/board foot budget.  He wondered about Teak, as his office is paneled with it.  I’ve never worked with it; seen some and it looks grainy and tough. My question:  to those who have worked with teak, what are the potential pitfalls.  Seems like I remember hearing that it is difficult to glue. What about finishes?  I prefer oil finishes, but is a smooth topcoat even possible with teak? Also, in that price neighborhood, can you make any other suggestions that I might look at?  This is going to be a major project for me, and I want it to look great. TIA, Kent — Robert Kent Clark So long as you are praised, think only that you are not yet on your own path, but on that of another.                                 –Nietzsche

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I’ve done some small things with teak and actually liked working with it. It turns real nicely.  There are a couple of things to keep in mind when working with it.  If you wipe it down with acetone before you glue, it will work fine. The acetone will remove the natural oils that teak has and let the glue bond.  Once the glue sets it seems to be fine. I have used both regular titebond and Excel poly glue.  None of the joints have come apart, but I think I would stay with a poly (Excel or Gorilla) or an epoxy to make sure.  It cuts great with sharp tools, but I had a little problem planing it.  The rollers got a little gummed and the wood started to slip.  I cleaned them up and got going again.  I think I will wipe down the the outside with acetone before I start planing next time.  Sanding creates very fine dust that will clog the sandpaper.  This is a mixed blessing.  Less airborne dust, but clogged sandpaper.  I just use Teak oil as a finish.  I have been buying Behlen’s Teak Oil ($9 a qt), but scandinavian type furniture stores carry it also (much more expensive).  It is basically linseed oil with some additives.  Wipe it on a give it some time to soak in, then wipe off the excess.  On the small turnings I have done I have buffed and waxed them to get a shiney finish, but it isn’t much different than buffing and oil.  The teak with have a lighter color after you mill it.  It will even out after exposure to sunlight and air, so don’t worry about the shading.  Good luck with it. Rusty – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -My question:  to those who have worked with teak, what are the potential pitfalls.  Seems like I remember hearing that it is difficult to glue. What about finishes?  I prefer oil finishes, but is a smooth topcoat even possible with teak? — Robert Kent Clark So long as you are praised, think only that you are not yet on your own path, but on that of another. –Nietzsche

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -My dad asked me to make him a small chest to display and hold his fountain pen collection.  He wants something out of the ordinary as far as wood goes.  I have about $15/board foot budget.  He wondered about Teak, as his office is paneled with it.  I’ve never worked with it; seen some and it looks grainy and tough. My question:  to those who have worked with teak, what are the potential pitfalls.  Seems like I remember hearing that it is difficult to glue. What about finishes?  I prefer oil finishes, but is a smooth topcoat even possible with teak? Also, in that price neighborhood, can you make any other suggestions that I might look at?  This is going to be a major project for me, and I want it to look great. TIA, Kent

I’ve always felt teak was a vastly oer-rate wood for anything other than boat use.  Or garden furniture. Consider:  walnut; cherry; redheart; purpleheart; kingwood; pearwood; apple; and on.  You’re not talking tremendous amounts of wood, so spending five bucks a board foot shouldn’t be too harmful, and maybe even twice that would work. See if you can locate a hardwood distributor in your area, and go LOOK and feel. Good luck, Charlie Self

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