Replacing trim around rod boxes

[awthacker]

Due to not being able to find starboard locally at a reasonable price, I decided to buy some teak and put my woodworking skills to the test. I started with a 6" wide board of 4/4 teak and made a few cuts of differing depth and thickness on a tablesaw to come out with notched strips. Then routed the edges with a roundover bit. Next, I marked and cut the angles using the old trim as a template. Tomorrow I'll mark and drill screwholes or make new screw locations. Sand a bunch then oil twice and they will be ready to install. The long pieces did not come out nearly as nice as the short ones pictured, but it's better than the 30 year old stuff.

For anyone's future reference, a board of 6/4 thickness (1-1/2") would make this job much easier. The thickness of the 4/4 (1" thick) board was not wide enough to create the strips, so I had to cut the board tall on the tablesaw. Routing the edges would be much better on a router table, as well, versus the handheld routuer in the pictures.

[garbubba]

Glad you chose teak, it's not that bad.

I'm a woodworker at heart & although teak is a bit hard to work with it lasts almost forever. I refinished mine when I bought the boat 12 years ago, & they just need redone now. Varnish just looks cool, the wood doesn't need it.
I have some teak I salvaged off a yacht that washed up at my place after Katrina, so I'm covered for the next redo!