hi,
not just "old" warships. even the wwII warships, like the
north carolina & iowa class battleships used teak for decks.
modern cruse ships have teak decks as well. it's great stuff
but will dull any blade or bit in no time because of all of
the silica in the wood. btw the $230 for a dash is mostly labor
and markup. teak is not endangered rain forest wood, just
not a local crop.
kbt
> From triumphs-owner@autox.team.net Tue Oct 1 14:56 EDT 1996
> From: "Richard Ceraldi-ERC004" <Richard_Ceraldi-ERC004@email.mot.com>
> Subject: RE: Teak ship deck and care
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> Tom,
> It was not uncommon to have teak decks on old warships. The battleship
> Texas (WWI era) has a teak deck also. Lets see now. If a TR6 dash is $230
> then an entire deck on a battleship would be $$$$$$. Now that TR6 dash does
> not seem that expensive after all!
> BTW due to the naturally oily nature of teak it typically is not
> varnished but oiled frequently. There are many teak oil products at any
> marine store.
> Richard Ceraldi
> 72 GT6 MKIII KF166L
> Austin, Tx
> ________________________________________________________
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net@INTERNET
> From: ak627@dayton.wright.edu@INTERNET on Mon, Sep 30, 1996 11:13 PM
> Subject: RE: Teak wood Dash
>
> Hey you guys in NC,
>
> A long, long time ago, on vacation in NC, I visited the battleship North
> Carolina which is now a permanent monument somewhere on your coast.
>
> I seem to remember that all the planking on the main deck was teak, and
> the weather didn't seem to hurt it much. Just testing my memory here, do
> any of you know if that's true, and would teak make a good LBC dash ?
>
> Mine's Zebra wood, whatever that is, courtesy of the PO.
>
> Best regards,
> Tom Tweed
> TR-250
> SW Ohio
>
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