Here are a few pieces I turned in Teak; be prepared to sharpen you tools if you work w/ teak. I came across some nice pieces of this and still have more, one is a very large flat piece I want to make a platter with.
(08-15-2017, 01:12 PM)gear jammer Wrote: Never have had teak. Is it that hard a wood that it knocks the edges off the tools.
From what I've been told there's a good bit of silica in Teak, so it dulls your planer-joiner -saw blades and lathe tools, on the other hand it sands very nice there's a good bit of oil in the wood.
When cutting w/ the lathe tool there is a different feel from other woods.
(08-15-2017, 01:20 PM)Splinterz25 Wrote: From what I've been told there's a good bit of silica in Teak, so it dulls your planer-joiner -saw blades and lathe tools, on the other hand it sands very nice there's a good bit of oil in the wood.
When cutting w/ the lathe tool there is a different feel from other woods.
Bruce
That be the truth, about silica. Like turning dirty wood, it dulls your edge even when using the cut rather than scrape orientation.
Nice turnings, BTW.
Better to follow the leader than the pack. Less to step in.
(08-15-2017, 02:23 PM)MichaelMouse Wrote: That be the truth, about silica. Like turning dirty wood, it dulls your edge even when using the cut rather than scrape orientation.
Nice turnings, BTW.
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