need to make some smallish hardwood mounts to sit under an outboard bracket on transom. I will seal and paint the timber, it will be above the water line but will get wet regularly. What is a good choice of timber?
cheers
Select to expand quotekeensailor said..
need to make some smallish hardwood mounts to sit under an outboard bracket on transom. I will seal and paint the timber, it will be above the water line but will get wet regularly. What is a good choice of timber?
cheers
Spotted Gum ?
Select to expand quotekeensailor said..
need to make some smallish hardwood mounts to sit under an outboard bracket on transom. I will seal and paint the timber, it will be above the water line but will get wet regularly. What is a good choice of timber?
cheers
Piece of Merbau decking timber from Bunnings will be as good as any.
teak or qld beech ideal though expensive as wont rot or bleed sap if fully sealed any of the Australian hardwoods these need to be dry as green can leak stain but should be painted to avoid checking and cracking from exposure merabau should be avoided as it will leak stain
Try to source some Turpentine, its what the old time wharf pilings were made from, think Circular Quay, Pier 1 etc
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I would use marine ply.
If you can find good marine ply, go for it but a lot of readily available "marine ply" has good durable face ply's but the internal material not so good, with the A bond adhesive that marine ply should have. Would work but the edges would need to be meticulously sealed and painted.
I too would advise against merbau, the bloody stuff bleeds at the drop of a hat. 
Teak, I wouldn't use ply for external mounts. I bought a couple of small pieces of teak for $20 recently it was expensive but the job only has to be done once
I would just use a piece of cutting board. 20mm thick stuff. I have some in blue, green and brown. Swing by one day.
Thanks for suggestions SBers.
With the transom having an angle I will need to make mount 25mm thicker at top over a length of 215mm (basically like two vertical rails). In that case I probably wouldn't use ply or cutting board but more likely a hardwood that's not going to bleed. I'm learning towards teak but unsure how hard it is, or maybe some spotted gum that's not too green.
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Thanks for suggestions SBers.
With the transom having an angle I will need to make mount 25mm thicker at top over a length of 215mm (basically like two vertical rails). In that case I probably wouldn't use ply or cutting board but more likely a hardwood that's not going to bleed. I'm learning towards teak but unsure how hard it is, or maybe some spotted gum that's not too green.
teak is plenty hard enough but offers superior durability though other hardwoods may be harder this isn't as important as the durability i personally would varnish the teak but this is not necessary the hardwood will need to be painted or varnished
Select to expand quoteboty said..keensailor said..
Thanks for suggestions SBers.
With the transom having an angle I will need to make mount 25mm thicker at top over a length of 215mm (basically like two vertical rails). In that case I probably wouldn't use ply or cutting board but more likely a hardwood that's not going to bleed. I'm learning towards teak but unsure how hard it is, or maybe some spotted gum that's not too green.
teak is plenty hard enough but offers superior durability though other hardwoods may be harder this isn't as important as the durability i personally would varnish the teak but this is not necessary the hardwood will need to be painted or varnished
bought a small off cut of teak, think it will do job nicely
