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Never have had teak. Is it that hard a wood that it knocks the edges off the tools.
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(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.
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I have never seen Teak let alone use it. I really love the colors in it a lot and the shapes you made are nice to.
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(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.
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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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(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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