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I added a photo of the teak board to my personal page. Looks pretty good and easier to screw down electronics. When I go to change them out, I can either fill the holes in the teak with plugs or get a new teak board and varnish it.
Duf,
Thanks for the measurements of the teak door. If your near the boat can you get a measurement of the rough opening? The rough opening for the larger console door on my console is 10 1/2 high by 26 wide.
Kamie, my boat is at a boat builders having some work done, but just so happens i'm heading there to remove some teak so i can work on it at home. I'll get your measurements to you this evening.
Left side louver door, opening is 20 1/2" X 11 1/8 opening
Right side louver door, opening is 20 1/4 X 11
Because you gave me a measurement of 10 1/2" high X 26" wide i thought you might be talking about the door under the helm. Anyway, i checked and mine is....
24 1/8" wide X 9 1/2 high"
I have to admit, the cutouts are very irregular, and i could have done a much better job!
Hope this helps, and oh by the way, who did you have make the teak pieces on your helm?
I've measured out two i need,
31 3/4 X 15" for the top of the console (helm)
35" X 6" for the front panel of the helm to replace the gauge backdrops.
great glue, messy clean up. I used it when I re-built my pilot seat. The stuff expands like crazy. It was alot of work to remove the excess glue after it set up.If you do use it, don't use alot. Chrisg
Chris, your absolutely correct. I have used it very sparingly, and it swells to epic portions. Works very well though, as i have been able to use a rough sandpaper grit and bring it down flush, and finish of with a lighter grip paper for a very fine finish. I'm gearing myself to play with it with the drill holes and misc voids i want to fill which is the prelude to the main even, which is using it to fill the cracks in my gunwales. That will be the deal breaker that i will consider the challenge.
Thanks Duf,
Looks like I am custom building the door. Your right, the one I was talking about is the door under the helm.
I did all the teak work on my console with the exception of the doors themselves. I remade the door frames to cover the larger openings. The teak piece for the top, I glued two sections of teak together, routed, sanded and finished that last spring and cut the three gauge panels. At some point, I will turn my garage into a semi-real wood shop so I can make straight cuts
Wow, i'm impressed. Ok, i'll give it a shot then. I contacted Bucks teak and will order 3 pieces of teak and drill, dowel and glue them together. The other piece i need for the guage area, i can get in a single piece. The job you did looks fantastic, hope mine comes out near as well!
Since I have limited tools, I have the shop where I buy my wood, plane the rough boards down to size and depending on the project square one edge. The other thing that is very handy is a orbital sander. oh yea, and practice, practice, practice. Depending on what I am doing, I will use clear pine to mock up the piece and then build the final with teak. Also be forgiving of yourself, I have trashed a couple of really nice; read expensive teak boards so always be willing to make mistakes.
In the end you will feel good about the job because you did it. Also if your going to count every penny and expect perfection, then pay somebody. If you ever see my boat in person you will see the mistakes, I will even point them out to you but I figure that means I can one day do it again, better. For now, the boat if for fun.
