[Public-List] New Hatches

[jimcherry at sympatico.ca]

As a point of interest, a friend of mine introduced me to a type of wood called Jotoba. I'm not a 'wood expert' or even a very good carpenter so consider this from that perspective.

 

Its realtively easy to find in almost any size of board or plank at most specialty lumber stores. It reasonably resembles the colour and grain of teak at about half the price. ......still costly but less so. Its a very dense wood and reputed to be oily enough to withstand exterior use although I can't personally vouch for that. I've used it inside and out but the exterior pieces haven't been on long enough to be able to judge their durability.

The wood is heavy and dense but can be manipulated easily enough using common power or even hand tools.....but it is heavy so use it sparingly.

 

For what its worth.....

 

Jim C   Topaz #639


 
> From: alberg30nh at gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 22:45:43 -0400
> To: public-list at lists.alberg30.org
> Subject: Re: [Public-List] New Hatches
> 
> Hi Jon,
> 
> Which hatches??
> 
> I replaced my lazarette & aft deck hatches last winter. Don't know if
> they were original to 1965 or not but they were in rough shape too.
> I looked around and couldn't find a good source for teak. Some
> specialty lumber distributors had some, but not much, and good pieces
> were rare. I ended up using African Mahogany, it was easy to find
> good wood, and at a reasonable (for boat stuff) price. Are you
> looking to use plywood for it's stability? Strength? The thing I don't
> like about plywood in situations like this is that if the finish is
> compromised, it doesn't take much water to lift the surface veneer on
> the ply. I'm not sure it saves much time or money in building.
> 
> I think teak would be great if you can find it. I don't know if you
> have much for wood working tools, I don't but was happy enough using
> simple splined joints using a table saw and epoxy glue.
> 
> So far, they've help up well..having seen the light of day only to
> take these pictures! Hope to launch soon!!
> 
> 
> http://picasaweb.google.com/fongemie/DeckNearlyFinished?feat=directlink
> 
> -Jeff
> 
> 
> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Jonathan Budington
> <jon at globalprinting.com> wrote:
> > I've decided to rebuild the hatches on my boat, as they are 1965
> > original and in terrible shape.  I was planning to use solid teak for
> > the frames, and teak marine plywood for the tops.  I did see the images
> > of John Graves hatch replacement on the Alberg site (beautiful job); he
> > used solid teak for the tops.  Is the marine plywood a bad idea?
> >
> > Jon Budington
> >
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