On Jul 29, 5:39*am, "Flying Pig" wrote:
Hi, Bruce, and other readers worldwide (I wonder how many there actually are
besides the anonymous knee-jerk Neal-bashers, "Wilbur", Cavelamb, you and a
couple of others - even "Bob" hasn't fired a shot in a while, and Roger's
off cruising - a quickie "here I am" response would shed some light on the
question...),


HOpe youre having fun Skip....... two comments.

one, 60 grt on stainless??? Im assuming your grinding welds and not
attempting to polish rust.. wtf?!?! Damn you must have some serious
corrsion ie ****ty grade SS.

two, there are a ton of other woods out there you can get here in the
usa that will work/last as good as teak. try Pacific Yew Wood or maybe
Black Locust. In the PNW they are lopping 100 year old trees down
because the Black Locus boring Beattle is munching them. Loads of logs
availible for the taking.

Old growth doug fir is excelelnt. Ya worried about warping??? have a
doormaker make a custom solid lam door with a quarter inch veener
black walnut.... jsut because its a boat dont mean its anything
fancier than a land mansion......

hell the house I have now has 130 year old doug fir ballon framing
held togehter with square nails..... zero rot. the grain is as tight
as the pages on an unabridged dictionary.... 1000 year old trees make
good boat building wood. Yes you can still get it easily at a fair
price. just gota know where to look.

SKip P L E A S E ....... ! The Pig aint nothin fancy.... its a ****ing
boat!

I hope this finds you well its been sometimes since I had a chance to
say helloo. See you on the water

Bob

Hi, Bob,

"Bob" wrote in message
...

HOpe youre having fun Skip....... two comments.

one, 60 grt on stainless??? Im assuming your grinding welds and not
attempting to polish rust.. wtf?!?! Damn you must have some serious
corrsion ie ****ty grade SS.

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Sorry, I miswrote. Start with 80, and work down (well, up). No rust - cut
all that off -just leftovers from barely brushed mill finish which is now
brilliant
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two, there are a ton of other woods out there you can get here in the
usa that will work/last as good as teak. try Pacific Yew Wood or maybe
Black Locust. In the PNW they are lopping 100 year old trees down
because the Black Locus boring Beattle is munching them. Loads of logs
availible for the taking.

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Hm. How would I get it here on the east coast?
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Old growth doug fir is excelelnt. Ya worried about warping??? have a
doormaker make a custom solid lam door with a quarter inch veener
black walnut.... jsut because its a boat dont mean its anything
fancier than a land mansion......

hell the house I have now has 130 year old doug fir ballon framing
held togehter with square nails..... zero rot. the grain is as tight
as the pages on an unabridged dictionary.... 1000 year old trees make
good boat building wood. Yes you can still get it easily at a fair
price. just gota know where to look.

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Heh. The house I grew up in will be 100 years old in a couple of years.
The 2x were just that, full dimension, and made from yellow pine.

In 62, when there was some remodeling, the contractors broke blade after
blade trying to cut the stuff. Aged yellow pine is about like iron.

So, I'm not surprised. Getting that aged (or original growth) wood is a bit
challenging...
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SKip P L E A S E ....... ! The Pig aint nothin fancy.... its a ****ing
boat!

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The Flying Pig is talented, but not THAT talented!
**********

I hope this finds you well its been sometimes since I had a chance to
say helloo. See you on the water

Bob

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Yes, we are well, if hot. Seen in the moved thread, the refrigeration is
going well, as is the taping for the new boot stripe and reveal line (used a
laser to keep it straight, a vast improvement over our eyeball of 4 years
ago).

See you on the water if you ever get to this side of the world!

L8R

Skip


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