rear platform rebuild 2000 SAN

[Rusty Barras]

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[mpost]

Awesome job on the teak, Makes me want to do mine.

[msquito]

LOL!

Fabulous work. It came out beautifully. Great attention to detail. I'm curious about the saw blade you used for the teak and why it was recommended--I've never worked with teak.

thanks, I am pleased with it, now to just button things up and put the boat in the water...
I used this https://www.diablotools.com/products/D1040UX - the lower tooth count pretty much eliminated any burns and cleared material really well. Teak is really oily stuff, I found that as long as I periodically stopped and cleaned off blade (hole-saw in particular) it cut really nice though.

[msquito]

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sure, just as soon as I finish my wife's project-list... (read: no, sorry - simply not enough time in the day)

I'm happy to share my electronic resources for anybody who's interested, just ping me via PM:
* 3D models for the adapter blocks
* 2D drawing of platform to get ~dims for each of the pieces of teak - though this was a get you halfway there type of a thing that definitely saw some modifications on the fly

[msquito]

Awesome job on the teak, Makes me want to do mine.

thanks! It was a fun project. Like I was saying, I really liked working with the teak, though I expect I'll like it better in the water

[bionaraq]

msquito i'm highly interested in what you did. the stock 2004 brackets are a right PITA to pull off single handedly on my composite deck and i've always liked a teak swimdeck. Posting so that when i convince the wife, i can find this post again.

[msquito]

The teak is nice, feels good on the feet : )))
LMK if you want any of those files, I'd be happy to share them. Also, after a season mounted, and in the water, the platform and brackets/adapters have held up beautifully. Still super happy with how this turned out.

[Rusty Barras]

Update on mine. Using Troy Byrd.









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[Rusty Barras]

Update. New Teak slightly wider to cover my tabs. Tested these dimensions with a template plywood. Using Troy Byrd





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[NautiqueJeff]

Please tell me that's not varnish.....

If it is, it will not last. As soon as it gets a single void in the varnish, water will be trapped and the wood will start to rot.

Also, please be careful that you don't break your neck on that platform. Another main reason NOT to varnish them is that they are EXTREMELY slippery when wet if varnished. Most people would sand that platform to a rougher finish (say, 80 grit paper or so), and use teak oil to preserve it.

Here's how a varnished platform will look after a couple of years:



Here's that same platform, sanded down and restored properly with teak oil:

[Rusty Barras]

Oil


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