Anyone ever work with Teak? I got a whole stack of 1" x 3" x 5'. Stuff is very dense and hard. It had a stain on it and found It's a pain to run through my thickness planer. It's heavy too. I understand some 60% of its weight is natural oil. Any ideas what to make with it?
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Years ago kept a sailboat in saltwater slip in Fl.  All exterior wood was teak.  Vaguely remember cleaning and oiling the teak.  Made it look.good for a few months, then do it again.  If I remember teak has some grit (sand?) in it making it abrasive to saw blades and other tools.  Only made a very few replacement parts to deck hardware mounts and such. Not much help to your query.
