The former captain who was on the ship when it was delivered from the yard in India thinks that it came on board at the yard.
So far it has escaped being thrown out as garbage due to its sheer size that makes it a bit awkward to move around.
I would like to bring it to Denmark and mill it on the sawmill, but my luggage allowances aren't that high.
So in a rare moment of sensible brain activity from my side, I offered it to my new ship, since I figured that they would have more use for it than an industrial garbage facility.
I haven't measured the actual length of the pieces, but a quick guesstimate is that there are two short pieces of 3' each, and the one long piece is 6'. All the pieces are solid 12x12", so technically it is something like 144 bf of teak.
Someone out here for some strange reason decided to crosscut about one foot of the length of one of the pieces. I have no idea why (and no for once it wasn't me who did it).
Is this trash?
Or is it a treasure?
Holy Moly! I've never seen beams that thick. Maybe they wanted to carve a statue for the fo'c'sle?
ReplyDeleteI think they were originally from a dock side since there are holes for mounting them. Like a 5/4" hole all the way through the beams.
DeleteI'd say treasure, for sure. A lot of sawing in your future ...
ReplyDeleteMatt
Hi Matt,
DeleteI feel it is a treasure too. I told the superintendent that the ship carpenters could use all they wanted. I wouldn't mind getting it home to the sawmill, but I think it will be better if it is used on the ship.
Brgds
Jonas
Here abouts that teak is worth roughly $2400.
ReplyDeleteWOW!!
DeleteI had no idea it was worth that much.
I have never bought any teak, so I really din't know the value of it.
But in those sizes it is a bit hard to use unless you want a sturdy chopping block.
On the other hand, if if it was milled into nice 1x12" boards, there would be a lot of prospective campaign projects in the future :-)
Brgds
Jonas
Treasure.
ReplyDeleteThink how many saw handles are in there...
DeleteI think it is a treasure too.
DeleteI am not sure if teak is good for saw handles, but i know someone who is an expert on that matter :-)
ReplyDeleteCheers
Jonas
Is there anything in the safety at sea regulation that require timber on board for damage control?
ReplyDeleteOr is it only a warship concept?
Sylvain
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ReplyDeleteThe next chapter better illustrate the idea:
ReplyDeletehttps://maritime.org/doc/dc/part9.htm
Sylvain
Hi Sylvain
ReplyDeleteThanks for the interesting link.
To my knowledge there is no regulations stating that you should keep damage control materials on board. At least not for the ship itself. But for the life rafts there has to be a repair set supplied with them.
Mostly timber on board merchant vessels will be brought on board as dunnage, material used for securing a cargo.
They could also have been used to lay under some sort of cargo, to keep it clear of the deck, but it is just a guess.
Anyway, now they are safely offloaded and hopefully they will be put to good use :-)
Brgds
Jonas
Jonas, wow just wow.
ReplyDeleteI hauled a huge hunk of Teak around for close to 30 years before I had enough guts to cut it and it was less than half the size of one of those. Teak can be beautiful wood.
ken
Hi Ken
DeleteTeak fell out of favour in Denmark in the 70'ies and just started regaining its popularity in the 2010's. I think it wasn't so much the species but more a reaction to what was then seen as grand parents furniture (Danish modern).
Now it is popular again in the shape of the Danish modern furniture classics. Funny how the cycle goes.
Brgds
Jonas
Beautiful find. The shipyards here in Canada often have blocking made of Purpleheart for dry docking ships. Hard stuff!
ReplyDeleteHi James
DeleteThanks for the nice comment.
Getting your hand on an old docking block and getting it milled to some boards could be a cool project.
I have never worked with purpleheart, but I have read a little about it, it seems as it should be really good for turning.
Brgds
Jonas