teak boards source

[yeatsfreak]

Here's what I need:

Two teak boards: 3/4" thick X 10" wide X 8' long (for coamings)

and

1" thick X 1" wide X any length over 4' or 5' (for a new toerail)

I have looked in the Jamestown distributor catalog and will be calling them tomorrow, I looked on ebay, I went to HomeDepot, and I emailed and called a number of places from the back pages of WB. All to no avail. I have not gone to WestMarine thinking it'll be a rip off.

So I ask you, where can I get these lengths? 5 or 6 foot lengths seem easy, but 8' that is also 10" wide seems tough.

Thank you,
Jarrett

[yeatsfreak]

Here's what I need:

Two teak boards: 3/4" thick X 10" wide X 8' long (for coamings)

and

1" thick X 1" wide X any length over 4' or 5' (for a new toerail)

I have looked in the Jamestown distributor catalog and will be calling them tomorrow, I looked on ebay, I went to HomeDepot, and I emailed and called a number of places from the back pages of WB. All to no avail. I have not gone to WestMarine thinking it'll be a rip off.

So I ask you, where can I get these lengths? 5 or 6 foot lengths seem easy, but 8' that is also 10" wide seems tough.

Thank you,
Jarrett

[yeatsfreak]

Here's what I need:

Two teak boards: 3/4" thick X 10" wide X 8' long (for coamings)

and

1" thick X 1" wide X any length over 4' or 5' (for a new toerail)

I have looked in the Jamestown distributor catalog and will be calling them tomorrow, I looked on ebay, I went to HomeDepot, and I emailed and called a number of places from the back pages of WB. All to no avail. I have not gone to WestMarine thinking it'll be a rip off.

So I ask you, where can I get these lengths? 5 or 6 foot lengths seem easy, but 8' that is also 10" wide seems tough.

Thank you,
Jarrett

[JimConlin]

M.L. CONDON
248 Ferris Ave.
White Plains, NY 10603
tel: 914-946-4111
fax: 914-946-3779

[JimConlin]

M.L. CONDON
248 Ferris Ave.
White Plains, NY 10603
tel: 914-946-4111
fax: 914-946-3779

[JimConlin]

M.L. CONDON
248 Ferris Ave.
White Plains, NY 10603
tel: 914-946-4111
fax: 914-946-3779

[imported_Steven Bauer]

M.L. Condon, White Plains. Or look in the yellow pages under hardwoods. Or use www.woodfinder.com (http://www.woodfinder.com) Good luck, it's out there.

Steven

[imported_Steven Bauer]

M.L. Condon, White Plains. Or look in the yellow pages under hardwoods. Or use www.woodfinder.com (http://www.woodfinder.com) Good luck, it's out there.

Steven

[imported_Steven Bauer]

M.L. Condon, White Plains. Or look in the yellow pages under hardwoods. Or use www.woodfinder.com (http://www.woodfinder.com) Good luck, it's out there.

Steven

[Bruce Hooke]

Yup, you need a proper hardwood lumberyard. This is a totally different beast from Home Depot, West Marine, or for that matter Jamestown Distributors (a fine business, but lumber is not their stock in trade). Condon's is certainly a proper hardwood lumberyard and I'd be surprised if they do not have what you need, but if for some reason they do not work out then woodfinder (as posted by Steven) should lead you to some other options.

When shopping at a proper hardwood lumberyard the wood will usually be random width and length and may well be rough sawn. Many places will let you dig through the stack to find the right size pieces but if they do, and if you do, then PLEASE make sure to leave the stack as neat as you found it. Many places will also plane the wood for you (for a price) if it is rough sawn. Many places these days also have a selection of S2S (planed both sides, rough edges) stock for people like you to pick through.

The sizes you need should not be that hard to find.

[Bruce Hooke]

Yup, you need a proper hardwood lumberyard. This is a totally different beast from Home Depot, West Marine, or for that matter Jamestown Distributors (a fine business, but lumber is not their stock in trade). Condon's is certainly a proper hardwood lumberyard and I'd be surprised if they do not have what you need, but if for some reason they do not work out then woodfinder (as posted by Steven) should lead you to some other options.

When shopping at a proper hardwood lumberyard the wood will usually be random width and length and may well be rough sawn. Many places will let you dig through the stack to find the right size pieces but if they do, and if you do, then PLEASE make sure to leave the stack as neat as you found it. Many places will also plane the wood for you (for a price) if it is rough sawn. Many places these days also have a selection of S2S (planed both sides, rough edges) stock for people like you to pick through.

The sizes you need should not be that hard to find.

[Bruce Hooke]

Yup, you need a proper hardwood lumberyard. This is a totally different beast from Home Depot, West Marine, or for that matter Jamestown Distributors (a fine business, but lumber is not their stock in trade). Condon's is certainly a proper hardwood lumberyard and I'd be surprised if they do not have what you need, but if for some reason they do not work out then woodfinder (as posted by Steven) should lead you to some other options.

When shopping at a proper hardwood lumberyard the wood will usually be random width and length and may well be rough sawn. Many places will let you dig through the stack to find the right size pieces but if they do, and if you do, then PLEASE make sure to leave the stack as neat as you found it. Many places will also plane the wood for you (for a price) if it is rough sawn. Many places these days also have a selection of S2S (planed both sides, rough edges) stock for people like you to pick through.

The sizes you need should not be that hard to find.

[holzbt]

Wood Ply in Freeport. They are in the phone book and are half way from Queens to your boat.

[holzbt]

Wood Ply in Freeport. They are in the phone book and are half way from Queens to your boat.

[holzbt]

Wood Ply in Freeport. They are in the phone book and are half way from Queens to your boat.

[imported_Steven Bauer]

Their website is here (http://www.woodply.com/p_hardwood.htm) .

Steven

[imported_Steven Bauer]

Their website is here (http://www.woodply.com/p_hardwood.htm) .

Steven

[imported_Steven Bauer]

Their website is here (http://www.woodply.com/p_hardwood.htm) .

Steven

[Norm Bernstein]

yeatsfreak, I agree with another contributor that you need to get familiar with a good hardwood lumber dealer, and how they do business. I use one here in the Boston area called Downs & Reader, and I magine the others are similar.

Downs & Reader is a large warehouse with long rows of shelving stocked with every imaginable hardwood, ranging from inexpensive maple and ash, all the way to teak, bubinga, purpleheart, etc. The stock is all rough sawn, usually 8-12 feet long, in widths from 5" to 9", sometimes more. The thickness is based on the 'quarter' system, with 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, and 8/4 being the most common dimensions.

The customer is free to pick through the shelves for the boards they want (although courtesy demands thay the customer leave the piles neat after they make their selection). After making the selection, a yard worker will approach, carrying a clever scale, and masure the total board feet of the selection, and write up a slip. You can then ask that the boards be planed (both sides), and optionally ripped along one edge, which makes life a lot easier if you don't happen to have a surface planer and jointer. Downs and Reader charges $25 for planing and ripping. I usually make my selection and then return a few hours later to pick up the order. They will crosscut long boards for free, if you need to have them shortened to fit into your vehicle.

For your particular requirements, you might not find any teak which is 10" wide... in which case, you'll probably have to spline a couple of boards for width. For your toerail, you'll probably need to take a slice from a wider board.

FYI, a recent price for teak, at Downs and Reader, was $12.90/bd-ft for 4/4 stock.. and just a bit more for 5/4 and up. I recently bought white ash there for $2.99/bd-ft.

[Norm Bernstein]

yeatsfreak, I agree with another contributor that you need to get familiar with a good hardwood lumber dealer, and how they do business. I use one here in the Boston area called Downs & Reader, and I magine the others are similar.

Downs & Reader is a large warehouse with long rows of shelving stocked with every imaginable hardwood, ranging from inexpensive maple and ash, all the way to teak, bubinga, purpleheart, etc. The stock is all rough sawn, usually 8-12 feet long, in widths from 5" to 9", sometimes more. The thickness is based on the 'quarter' system, with 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, and 8/4 being the most common dimensions.

The customer is free to pick through the shelves for the boards they want (although courtesy demands thay the customer leave the piles neat after they make their selection). After making the selection, a yard worker will approach, carrying a clever scale, and masure the total board feet of the selection, and write up a slip. You can then ask that the boards be planed (both sides), and optionally ripped along one edge, which makes life a lot easier if you don't happen to have a surface planer and jointer. Downs and Reader charges $25 for planing and ripping. I usually make my selection and then return a few hours later to pick up the order. They will crosscut long boards for free, if you need to have them shortened to fit into your vehicle.

For your particular requirements, you might not find any teak which is 10" wide... in which case, you'll probably have to spline a couple of boards for width. For your toerail, you'll probably need to take a slice from a wider board.

FYI, a recent price for teak, at Downs and Reader, was $12.90/bd-ft for 4/4 stock.. and just a bit more for 5/4 and up. I recently bought white ash there for $2.99/bd-ft.

[Norm Bernstein]

yeatsfreak, I agree with another contributor that you need to get familiar with a good hardwood lumber dealer, and how they do business. I use one here in the Boston area called Downs & Reader, and I magine the others are similar.

Downs & Reader is a large warehouse with long rows of shelving stocked with every imaginable hardwood, ranging from inexpensive maple and ash, all the way to teak, bubinga, purpleheart, etc. The stock is all rough sawn, usually 8-12 feet long, in widths from 5" to 9", sometimes more. The thickness is based on the 'quarter' system, with 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, and 8/4 being the most common dimensions.

The customer is free to pick through the shelves for the boards they want (although courtesy demands thay the customer leave the piles neat after they make their selection). After making the selection, a yard worker will approach, carrying a clever scale, and masure the total board feet of the selection, and write up a slip. You can then ask that the boards be planed (both sides), and optionally ripped along one edge, which makes life a lot easier if you don't happen to have a surface planer and jointer. Downs and Reader charges $25 for planing and ripping. I usually make my selection and then return a few hours later to pick up the order. They will crosscut long boards for free, if you need to have them shortened to fit into your vehicle.

For your particular requirements, you might not find any teak which is 10" wide... in which case, you'll probably have to spline a couple of boards for width. For your toerail, you'll probably need to take a slice from a wider board.

FYI, a recent price for teak, at Downs and Reader, was $12.90/bd-ft for 4/4 stock.. and just a bit more for 5/4 and up. I recently bought white ash there for $2.99/bd-ft.

[BrianR]

I've heard good things about these guys:

http://www.sjlumbermans.com/

[BrianR]

I've heard good things about these guys:

http://www.sjlumbermans.com/

[BrianR]

I've heard good things about these guys:

http://www.sjlumbermans.com/

[Thad Van Gilder]

South Jersey Lumberman's are good people. Steve often has 36 inch wide teak boards there, but you really pay for them!!!!!!!! Now I get my teak from Kevin Yardley at:

http://www.diamondtropicalhardwoods.com/teak.htm

At $6.00 a board foot for shorts, it's hard to beat.

It's grown in Costa rica, so the ring count is about 4 to 6 per inch.

-Thad

[ 12-01-2004, 01:00 PM: Message edited by: Thad Van Gilder ]

[Thad Van Gilder]

South Jersey Lumberman's are good people. Steve often has 36 inch wide teak boards there, but you really pay for them!!!!!!!! Now I get my teak from Kevin Yardley at:

http://www.diamondtropicalhardwoods.com/teak.htm

At $6.00 a board foot for shorts, it's hard to beat.

It's grown in Costa rica, so the ring count is about 4 to 6 per inch.

-Thad

[ 12-01-2004, 01:00 PM: Message edited by: Thad Van Gilder ]

[Thad Van Gilder]

South Jersey Lumberman's are good people. Steve often has 36 inch wide teak boards there, but you really pay for them!!!!!!!! Now I get my teak from Kevin Yardley at:

http://www.diamondtropicalhardwoods.com/teak.htm

At $6.00 a board foot for shorts, it's hard to beat.

It's grown in Costa rica, so the ring count is about 4 to 6 per inch.

-Thad

[ 12-01-2004, 01:00 PM: Message edited by: Thad Van Gilder ]

[Carlsboats]

Might try DeAngelo (sp?) hardwoods in Bristol. RI. They are next door to Jamestown Distributors (which, incidentally, tells me they are moving -- having given up their Jamestown store, and then their Newport location, they are no pulling out of Bristol for some where north of there). DeAngelo has teak aplenty.

[Carlsboats]

Might try DeAngelo (sp?) hardwoods in Bristol. RI. They are next door to Jamestown Distributors (which, incidentally, tells me they are moving -- having given up their Jamestown store, and then their Newport location, they are no pulling out of Bristol for some where north of there). DeAngelo has teak aplenty.

[Carlsboats]

Might try DeAngelo (sp?) hardwoods in Bristol. RI. They are next door to Jamestown Distributors (which, incidentally, tells me they are moving -- having given up their Jamestown store, and then their Newport location, they are no pulling out of Bristol for some where north of there). DeAngelo has teak aplenty.

[Carlsboats]

Might try DeAngelo (sp?) hardwoods in Bristol. RI. They are next door to Jamestown Distributors (which, incidentally, tells me they are moving -- having given up their Jamestown store, and then their Newport location, they are no pulling out of Bristol for some where north of there). DeAngelo has teak aplenty.

[Carlsboats]

Might try DeAngelo (sp?) hardwoods in Bristol. RI. They are next door to Jamestown Distributors (which, incidentally, tells me they are moving -- having given up their Jamestown store, and then their Newport location, they are no pulling out of Bristol for some where north of there). DeAngelo has teak aplenty.

[Carlsboats]

Might try DeAngelo (sp?) hardwoods in Bristol. RI. They are next door to Jamestown Distributors (which, incidentally, tells me they are moving -- having given up their Jamestown store, and then their Newport location, they are no pulling out of Bristol for some where north of there). DeAngelo has teak aplenty.

[whisky]

Try boulterplywood in somerville ma.I was in their basement the other day and there was quite a pile of teak there.

[whisky]

Try boulterplywood in somerville ma.I was in their basement the other day and there was quite a pile of teak there.

[whisky]

Try boulterplywood in somerville ma.I was in their basement the other day and there was quite a pile of teak there.