Monday I was working on putting the decks back together. One of the pieces I cut out was rotted through and I skinned it and replaced the core. After that I had to make some cabinet doors.
Today was pouring the rain all day. But I needed to do something so we redid the cabin door threshold. The old one was painted, crack and termite eaten. Note teak is $31/bd foot here. That’s 12” wide x 12” long by 1” thick=$31. But what can I say, it’s worth it!
Dimensions on this threshold piece are 4.75” wide at base x 23.125 (1/8”) length x 1.5” thick.
Gluing up teak is not really that hard, but you can’t just slap the glue and clamps on. The key is to take acetone and paper towels or a WHITE shop rag (red will bleach out and ruin your piece). Go over it several times the oil will be sucked away.
Setup your saw with a ripping blade at 45 degrees on 4.75”.
Make one pass. Turn end for end and make second pass. I then cut to thickness on edge at 1.5” in retrospect cutting that first might have been easier on me but harder on the blade. If you’ve never made tenons etc, cut it first For safety.
4-5 coats of teak oil. I don’t really count I’m just looking for build up when it stops soaking in.
I’ll finish it using the same process outlined before. Note this finish will need to dry overnight maybe longer. The shellac dries in minutes so no worries but the Pettit flagship will take hours to dry.