Deck layouts

[ellipsis]

Not that stiff, bit rubbery like, but great for heavier sections.

A mate used to make steam bent furniture out of it and I was surprised how well it set. So I've since made steam bent laminated deck beams out of it which worked out well.

Another mate has just bought this: http://www.afloat.com.au/afloat-maga...y#.WU74S_mGOM- Which is all Kauri, Beech and Huon Pine. I'm half expecting a call re a delivery trip.

...i'm the one that stayed ashore in my family, the rest are boat builders, shipwrights, scabby dogs and AB's... boats, just holes in the water and givers of far too much freedom to just 'fuck off'...plus my old mum didn't want all her sons at sea, irrespective of my wishes...thank fuck for that, I can say in hindsight...

[R650R]

Very interesting comments people, good related info.

With regards to macrocarpa apparently it makes for great chopping boards as its actually able to be cleaned properly compared to a plastic board with fine cracks and theres something in the timber that is natural antibacterial or similar....

[george formby]

Very interesting comments people, good related info.

With regards to macrocarpa apparently it makes for great chopping boards as its actually able to be cleaned properly compared to a plastic board with fine cracks and theres something in the timber that is natural antibacterial or similar....

Yup, defo. The same qualities that make it a noxious cooking wood deter bacteria. A thick board with no cracks, regularly sanded and oiled, is a pleasure to live with. Nice to your knives and lovely to look at. Plastic boards are hideous with a really sharp knife, well, generally hideous.
Make a big one, 1.5 x the amount of space your biggest knife needs to work.

[Swoop]

Yup, defo. The same qualities that make it a noxious cooking wood deter bacteria. A thick board with no cracks, regularly sanded and oiled, is a pleasure to live with. Nice to your knives and lovely to look at. Plastic boards are hideous with a really sharp knife, well, generally hideous.
Make a big one, 1.5 x the amount of space your biggest knife needs to work.

There was research done years back, comparing plastic to wooden work surfaces.
The plastic is a bacteria breeding ground. The wood was surprisingly low in comparison.

A bit like granite. Shockingly bad since the open pores of the stone provide areas for the bacteria to hide.
Engineered stone is the way to go if it's in a kitchen.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Yup, defo. The same qualities that make it a noxious cooking wood deter bacteria. A thick board with no cracks, regularly sanded and oiled, is a pleasure to live with. Nice to your knives and lovely to look at. Plastic boards are hideous with a really sharp knife, well, generally hideous.
Make a big one, 1.5 x the amount of space your biggest knife needs to work.

I have some offcuts of 50 x 200 I think. Good plan!

[Honest Andy]

Yup, defo. The same qualities that make it a noxious cooking wood deter bacteria. A thick board with no cracks, regularly sanded and oiled, is a pleasure to live with. Nice to your knives and lovely to look at. Plastic boards are hideous with a really sharp knife, well, generally hideous.
Make a big one, 1.5 x the amount of space your biggest knife needs to work.

Yeah man, lovely boards.
Just a small clarification: oil em with cooking oil, not leftover CD50 that you used on that outdoor table...

I parked my housetruck out of the way under a macro hedge for a couple or three years, what a mistake. Those anti bacterial properties are a bit acidic or something, and the thing just about rusted down to the chassis before I realised

[george formby]

Yeah man, lovely boards.
Just a small clarification: oil em with cooking oil, not leftover CD50 that you used on that outdoor table...

I parked my housetruck out of the way under a macro hedge for a couple or three years, what a mistake. Those anti bacterial properties are a bit acidic or something, and the thing just about rusted down to the chassis before I realised

Most excellent point. Thank you. Smear it with the oil of an extra virgin olive a couple of times. Old sump oil or Danish oil is not good.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Most excellent point. Thank you. Smear it with the oil of an extra virgin olive a couple of times. Old sump oil or Danish oil is not good.

If I could find a willing Danish woman I could smear it with her secretions.

[george formby]

If I could find a willing Danish woman I could smear it with her secretions.

Reminds me of a joke about a man who could identify any type of timber by it's smell, the mill owner pulled a fast one and the last smell test came up as "a shit house door made from old fish boxes"......

You would need a Danish gymnast methinks.

Oh, look! A Danish spready. Yum.

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[Akzle]

Reminds me of a joke about a man who could identify any type of timber by it's smell, the mill owner pulled a fast one and the last smell test came up as "a shit house door made from old fish boxes"......

You would need a Danish gymnast methinks.

Oh, look! A Danish spready. Yum.

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dunny door on a tuna boat*



was how i heard it, anyway.

[Black Knight]

Ya both told it wrong--The blindfolded guy got the sniff test right 6 timber types in a row,the boss quietly called his secretary over with instructions to drop her knickers,the guy had a sniff then asked the boss to turn the piece of wood over-had another sniff and announced it was a shithouse door made from old fish boxes.Very old joke.

[george formby]

Ya both told it wrong--The blindfolded guy got the sniff test right 6 timber types in a row,the boss quietly called his secretary over with instructions to drop her knickers,the guy had a sniff then asked the boss to turn the piece of wood over-had another sniff and announced it was a shithouse door made from old fish boxes.Very old joke.

Very old indeed, that's why I kept it short. Still a good one I feel. How's the green skid demon over your ways at the mo?

I'm a little disappointed that the old joke had a better follow through than the cheeky airborne spready.

I think in deck design a pole for dancing around could create an interesting social aspect. Possibly disguised as a shade sale support.
Just sayin, thinkin out loud.

[Akzle]

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I think in deck design a pole for dancing around could create an interesting social aspect. Possibly disguised as a shade sale support.
Just sayin, thinkin out loud.

a top-less one.

4" sprung stainless bar to ffl+3000, vertically cantilevered and braced through.

baws.

©ax

[Black Knight]

The green ice ain't bad at the mo Mark-maybe last years council spray job has keep it coming back-time will tell.The Whangarei CC don't want to know about it.I understand the back road is now designated as a tourist route and therefore falls under NZTA for maintenance,ummmm,I wonder.