UPDATE: January, 2012 - A fresh supply of teak has arrived. 4/4 and some 5/4 rough thickness, 4. 5, and 6 inch full size widths, and lengths of 2,3,4, and 5 foot. This is good clean central american teak good one side, some with sapwood edges on the second side.

This load of teak has some cut to yield a full inch thick and some cut to yield 13/16 or 3/4 inch thick. The widths are full sized 4,5, and 6 inches. 

Note about shipping 60" pieces:

FedEx charges for long packages start at over 60" = additional $8.50

If we cut to 59.5 inches and wrap in cardboard you can avoid the extra fee.

If we ship at 60+ inches wrapped in cardboard (61 inches) the shipping is $8.50 additional. If you are ordering 5 foot lengths please advise if the shorter cuts are OK with you to save the added shipping fee.

Spring is Here:

It's time to fix her up for Summer season!

She needs some new teak -

Your loved one -

Your boat !

UPDATE: August, 2011

A new supply of 5/4 teak from New Guinea is available. This is the classic look of light blond Asian teak, mostly free of knots and very little sapwood. It is from a plantation so the sizes are limited but it is very nice teak. Widths available are 2, 3 , 4, 5, and 6 inches. Lengths are 4 feet and 8 feet. The thickness is a good 1 & 1/4 rough, that will yield 1" to 1 &1/8 inch planed smooth. This wood can be resawn to create 1/2" teak. This wood has a higher cost than the Trinidad teak, however, for a limited introductory time, we are holding the price at the same as the other. It is likely that prices will increase in the future as the U.S. dollar collapses in the world's exchange rates, and inflation becomes rampant. Like gold and silver, be assured teak will hold it's value as a hedge against inflation.

5/4 New Guinea Teak Sample Picture

Please note that this freshly planed teak will change color as it ages. Also note that Sun light and tree shade affect the colors of this picture. Different computers will see this picture's colors differently.

This New Guinea Teak is all 5/4 stock

 ( a real 1 & 1/4" thick).

Widths are from 2 to 6 inches,

mostly 2" and 3".

Lengths are 4 feet and 8 feet.

Get a free Teak Quote:

 Small Orders - OK !

(minimum $20.00)

We have plenty of short stock.

We cut-to-order so we have many leftovers 1, 2, 3 , and 4 feet

We cut to order - Send in the form:

Quick teak quote

Please read this page

 and check the inventory

before asking for the quote:

it saves a few emails and disappointments.

Teak Inventory Page

The teak from Trinidad is all rough 1 inch thick, kiln dried, run-of-the-mill grade, Tectona Grandis. Finished size will be less than 1 inch. This wood is mostly sold out;

more teak is coming soon from Costa Rica.

May 14, 2012

The new Teak is in Fort Lauderdale and is being delayed by Customs

Teak mills up like most any wood; you can expect some defects (knots, pith, sap, crook, cracks, bark inclusions, etc.) It is the woodworker's craft to use the best wood and minimize any defects. You would expect the same as if it was oak, cherry, or maple wood. If you are buying whole rough boards, you should consider ordering some extra for waste allowance. If you are buying cut-to-order, your cuts will be selected as best as possible. It helps if we know what your plan is to best utilize the teak. Every project has different requirements as to what is most important.

The teak from Trinidad looks the same as the teak from El Salvador. It is all the same species of wood.

This wood is being sold "as is";

with no guarantee it is fit for any particular purpose.

 Teak Lumber arrives at WoodShop102

March - 2009

Teak Lumber

(Tectona Grandis)

We have a new supply of Teak wood just arrived in May of 2011. It is from Trinidad, by way of New Jersey,  We still have some El Salvador teak from March of 2009.

The NOMINAL sizes available are:

thickness - 1 inch rough (about 3/4 finished)

lengths - 6 to 10 feet

widths - 2 to 8 inches

Available as rough lumber in whole pieces

or as, CUT-TO-ORDER Teak. Please e-mail your requirements or cut list and your ZIPCODE, we will send you a quote including shipping fees.

If you like the quote, we send you an invoice by PayPal. When it is paid, we pack and ship your order by FedEx ground. You will get tracking info by email from FedEx.

UPDATE: July-2011 -  current inventory is listed here: Teak Lumber Price Page Many sizes are sold out.

Pricing is by the board foot, with discounts. Quantities are limited.

It is good for many wood projects around the boat or home such as cabinets, trim mouldings, and furniture.

UPDATE: May, 2011

THICKNESS is all 4/4 roughsawn (1 inch rough); planes out smooth at 3/4, or better at 13/16, or 7/8 in some pieces.

WIDTHS are roughly exactly at their numbers without any extra. So a rough 6 inch width will finish out at less than 6 wide, (5&1/2") for example. If you require a full 6 inch finished width, you should order 7" wide, for example, to allow for edging and jointing straight. 

LENGHTS are available up to 12 feet, however, we cannot ship by FedEx any longer than about 106 inches (under 9 feet) or combined length and girth of more than 130 inches. Orders of long lengths will go out by freight truck, we will get you a quote. Customers are encouraged to order shorter cuts to save freight charges.

WoodShop102 will plane, rip, and chop your teak to size for a minimal labor charge and save you some shipping fees, and the time it would take you to do the cutting.

If you have a wood working shop and the tools needed, then you will save on whole boards and volume discounts.

All inventory is for sale. Please read below about gluing-up wide widths.

This teak has been kiln dried and warehouse stored air dried another year. Moisture content was recently metered at 8%

A note about figuring waste: We will cut you any length, and any width, in either 1 or 2 inch stock. That is the piece you are paying for; after that, we charge you labor if you want it resawn or planed down thinner and the second half or the shavings are your waste. The most expensive teak is 1/2", since we cannot get 2 cuts of 1/2 out of a 1" piece, you end up paying for 1 inch and the labor. So, you might consider leaving the wood thicker, or resawing and getting 2 pieces thinner, (just under 3/8").

For the width of cut pieces we add 1/4" for the jointer and the saw blade waste. For the length, we usually give you a bit extra, but if your measurement is near the end of a length we may add for that waste. For example, if you order a 3/4 x 2 x 58, your waste factor will be the cost of a 1 x 2.25 x 60". That is how we do it; for the best price, please fill out the Teak Quote Request form and we will usually reply the next business day. 

This teakwood was sustainably harvested from a plantation, it is not old growth teak from the rain forests. Therefore, it does have wider growth rings and a few knots, but it has been trimmed of most of the sap wood. Some pieces will have some sapwood edges or ends, if you are buying whole uncut rough pieces. If you are buying cut-to-order we will be cutting around most of the defects. The smaller the size pieces you order the better the chance of clear wood; if you order large full size boards you will find knots in every piece.

Plantation teak has gotten a bad name from some sales of plantation "thinnings". When the tree farm culls out the smaller underperforming trees to allow growth of the more dominant trees. These "thinnings" are often sold as flooring or decking material and may contain

50 to 60 % sapwood. This teak is not from thinnings; it is 95% good heartwood from mature Tectona Grandis trees!

Please read all the way down; there is lots of information on this page...

A limited supply of 8/4 Teak lumber - 3" to 4" wide

5', 6', and 7' long lengths available.

Please check our inventory page since most of this stock has been sold.

It is real teak, (Tectona Grandis).

 It can be used in any way that teak is normally used.

Teak - How to glue up a wide board

After surface planing, the teak is pushed thru an edge jointer. This machine makes the edge straight and square so two or more pieces can be joined together to make wider stock. This is common practice among woodworkers; it is half of what we do - either glue-it-up or rip-it-down - woodworkers make pieces larger or smaller. A piece that is properly joined together long grain edge to long grain edge will be stronger than the wood itself at that joint. It will not "fall apart", as most non-woodworkers may think. When done properly, the finished joint will be nearly invisible to the untrained eye.

To glue two pieces together, a woodworker would use a biscuit jointer to insert compressed wooden "biscuits" into slots cut in the edges at matching spots. (use wooden dowels if you are old fashioned) These biscuits align the wood and swell up tightly when the moisture of the glue gets to them. The pieces are wet with a good woodworking glue, then clamped, and cross clamped, and left to set up. After setting of the glue, the piece is then sanded or finish planed again to remove the excess glue. I use Titebond II glue which is water resistant, or Titebond III which is waterproof. Cross clamping means that a straight edged scrap piece is clamped across the assembly to prevent the glue-clamps from cupping or twisting the piece. Clamping time for teak is extended to at least 4 hours, but usually overnight.

The final passes thru the thickness planer are reserved for after the assembly to make the excess glue removal faster and easier than sanding it off, and to make the finished joint perfectly flat.

If you do not own any clamps, you can either pay a woodworker a few minutes labor to make the joint, or you could try using ratcheting straps, or a string twisted tight with a stick (such as a tourniquet). Laying plastic wrap under the assemply will keep the glue from sticking to your table and buckets of water can be used as weights to keep it flat.

At WoodShop102, we offer clamping services up to sizes that are reasonable to ship. Clamping up two or three pieces that will fit through the planer is relatively inexpensive. Clamping multiple pieces and longer lengths is more time consuming and in some cases may not be feasible for shipping.

These are glued-up 12 inch wide panels; the joint is almost invisible, especially after finishing and mellowing the color.

How to fix a small crack or void

Sometimes a piece of wood will get a small crack at the end from shipping damage or from a rapid climate change. This is called end checking. Normally the wood is sealed at the ends to prevent excess moisture loss and a woodworker would allow the wood to aclimatize before using it, or the wood is purchased longer than needed and then trimmed for the job. If a crack occurs, it does not mean that the wood will continue to split or "fall apart" as non-woodworkers would think. It is a trivial thing and it takes just a few minutes to fix.

To fix a crack, push a chisel or screwdriver into the end crack gently, just to open it a bit, not hard enough to make it worse. Then using your finger or putty knife push glue into the crack from both sides. Remove the chisel or screwdriver and clamp the piece for several hours, then sand and finish as usual. Do not wipe the glue off with a wet rag before it sets since this will dilute the glue. If there is a void remaining, or any spot that needs a little fill such as a tear out of grain at a knot, you can put wet glue in the spot and immediately sand with a sander. The sander will force fresh sanding dust into the wet glue and fill the spot with the correct color. Stop sanding and let the spot dry before any further finish sanding. Repeat if needed.

To fill any large spot, pith, or void, use two part epoxy glue mixed with sanding dust, putty knife it in, allow to dry, and sand the excess. Finish as usual; it will look like a dark spot or knot in the grain. This is common practice among woodworkers; we don't waste good wood; we patch it up and put it where it will not show as much.