Suitable timber for internal joinery

[Poignard]

What is a suitable timber for internal joinery on a boat? I mean for building locker and bunk frames etc. where the timber will be painted over and not seen. The boat is very dry inside and much of the existing softwood joinery has lasted 42 years, but the softwood generally available in timber yards and diy sheds nowadays is rubbish. I have a supply of mahogany and iroko but it seems like a waste to use fine timber internally.

 

[nimbusgb]

Spruce is a bit soft but much better quality than the pine available in most DIY stores. Sapele mahogany will last well but the price is steep.

 

[absit_omen]

I have just made some locker doors. One in Larch, one in Columbian Pine with Larch panels. Seems to be ok. Pine was easier to work.

 

[ebbtide]

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I have a supply of mahogany and iroko but it seems like a waste to use fine timber internally.

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That sounds like the owner of a Newbridge Chicken Sloop to me.
But if you are what you say you are ( for most peeps on these pages are certainly not) then shame on you Sir - Uphams of Brixham would disown you!

 

[Poignard]

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Uphams of Brixham would disown you!

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Well, Sir, if you will kindly furnish me with your name and address, I will gladly send you a sample piece of the knotty softwood from my genuine Uphams Twister and, if I can find them, one of the mild steel oval nails used in the construction of the main hatch! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

BTW, mild steel nails in a main hatch do wonders for a compass mounted on the hatch garage!

 

[absit_omen]

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Uphams of Brixham would disown you!

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Well, Sir, if you will kindly furnish me with your name and address, I will gladly send you a sample piece of the knotty softwood from my genuine Uphams Twister and, if I can find them, one of the mild steel oval nails used in the construction of the main hatch! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

BTW, mild steel nails in a main hatch do wonders for a compass mounted on the hatch garage!

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Tsk tsk.......should have got an all teak Cheoy Lee Vertue - chortle, chortle....... /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Scotty_Tradewind]

The timber they use for masts and oars would probably be good. Canadian Spruce was what I believe Collars of South Hinksey, Oxford, used to use. It's straight grained and usually very knot free. So maybe find a wood mast/oar maker and get some offcuts?

 

[TonyMS]

I've used Ash on my barge as it's cheap as hardwoods go, and then used offcuts on my catamaran. Interior only, of course

Tony MS

 

[pyrojames]

I've used european redwood from a trade supplier for a lot of it, and then mahogany for the visible bits, and quite a lot of teak left over from doing decks on the previous boat. I have no problems with the redwood, light, strong, structural grade. Looked after it should be fine.

 

[Scotty_Tradewind]

Just as well you've only used it inside as ash does not like water! If left damp it rots!!
It also springs well which may not be suitable in some circumstances.
I have just made up, with lamins, a replacement tiller in ash (56"+..for Twister owners) as it is easy to work and has the slight springy feel to it which I like. Also given its reliable strength, I have shaped the handle end to be a nice small fit in the hand which I find far more pleasant than something resembling a scaffold pole in size.
I have given it several coats of varnish already but it really doesn't hang on to varnish as well as some timbers do.
To try and make the varnish last, I have had the local lass in my boatyard, who does such things, make me up a nice canvas 'cover ' (some fellow owners have called it other things), with valcro fixings ... £25.

 

[DavidTav]

What exactly is a Newbridge chicken sloop?