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Packs air drying at our mill

 

 

 

 

Our Premium Grade Burmese Teak lumber is milled only from selected large diameter old growth first grade logs specially and personally selected for straight grain and good colour. We  break  down or saw our own logs  prior to importing in slab form. Unlike all other suppliers here in Australia we retain total control over the quality of the finished product from the log down.  The outcome is Teak of a quality that has not been seen in this country for many years. Once straightened, precision stickered and stacked our teak is carefully air dried to around 12% in the core. This prevents the case hardening and subsequent warping common in kiln dried Teak. You are welcome to carry out any test or inspect our premises and stock. We have various demonstration test pieces and a certified moisture meter on hand.

After Breaking down the logs the teak boards are precision stickered, stacked and air dried in the weather for a minimum of 2 months to allow the moisture content of the timber to equalize and shrink at a natural rate.  Our shorter lengths are then kiln dried.  Our longer lengths do not fit into any kilns here in OZ, so are left in the weather to fully air dry for anything up to 12 months or more.  

Proper air drying also shows up any issues or  potential cracks or shakes in the timber prior installation  or service and avoids case hardening during the final Kiln Drying process.

Case hardening as a result of improper drying damages and internally stresses the teak.  It  occurs when the timber is prematurely kiln dried with a core moisture content above 28%.  Teak MUST be equalized or semi air dried prior any kiln drying. Caused by expansion within the core when the timber is heated in a green or wet state. 

Abuse of the timber in this manner causes the outer section of each board to prematurely dry leaving the core retaining very high moisture levels.  This process further complicates the stresses within the timber as whilst the casing is shrinking, the wet core is still trying to expand.  A common cause of microscopic stress cracks (not usually visible to the naked eye) and ultimate premature failure of the timber.

 ALL OUR BURMA TEAK IS PROPERLY DRIED.  IF YOU DO NOT SEE STICKERED AND STACKED PACKS OF TIMBER DRYING OUTSIDE AT YOUR SUPPLIER THEN CHANCES ARE THEY ARE NOT DRYING THE TIMBER PROPERLY, AND LIKELY, THROWING IT STRAIGHT INTO THE KILN.

Our drying and cutting processes allow us to produce very long lengths (up to 8.4 mtrs or more) enabling timber yachts, cruisers and dinghy's to have decks with few butt joints and apart from looking fantastic alleviates serious failure points.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Log being cut in our Breakdown Mill

 


 

 

 Log being cut in our Breakdown Mill

 

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