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   Don01 | Sep 23, 2007 09:12am | #1

   I am doing some work with teak. I cut a glue joint with a glue joint router bit, cleaned the surfaces with thinner, then acetone. Used Titebond III as the boards are going to be outside on a sailboat. I also put in 2 pocket holes and used stainless screws as fasteners.This was not a good idea as the standard stainless screws are not made like the Kreg screws. The standard wood screws don't have the same taper. So the wood bubbled our a bit. The glue line is difficult to see even on the end grain, and so foar the joint is holding very well.
   Teak has a lot of natural oil in it.The material coming off the glue joint router bit is more like hand plane shaving than router dust. When you rub it between your fingers it feels greasy. It builds up on the front face of jointer/planer knives, router and saw blade cutters. Lots of cleaning.

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   v1kk1 | Oct 01, 2007 04:55am | #2

   Don, Thanks  so much for your help.

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   Al - Florida | Oct 01, 2007 04:12pm | #3

   Having an older model Trawler, I work with teak all the time.

   I have found that cleaning the teak surface with acetone and gluing with epoxy gives me the best results. This is also what is generally done in marine woodworking.

   Al

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   v1kk1 | Oct 09, 2007 03:50am | #4

   Thanks