Teak wood tables

all I can say is wow! Looks great!

-- JJ...... I guess you could say I'm a 54 year old "juniorjock". — Make things with wood.

It’s always amazed me that teak was used on carrier decks on the older ships in the navy. Great score and beautiful tables! RR would be proud! Great story.

-- Carl Rast, Pelion, SC

Very nice indeed, excellant work!

-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)

Great looking tables!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Great looking tables…......excellent story.

Nicely done.

Wow! -Nice work!

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe

Hi Skipper, Wow, nice story on how you got that treasure trove of wood. As usual you did a fine job with it as well. Just a little side note. My uncle and God Father was a photographer and did printing on the USS Missouri. He had pictures that no one has ever seen. He is gone now but truly a likeable guy. I miss his stories on the Japanese surrender in their harbor. Those tables are too nice to have outside hurry up and get them indoors. haha. Great stuff.

-- Rich, Nevada,

These are gorgeous pieces of furniture and I love the story behind them.

Thanks for sharing.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Great job. I love these!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

These are awesome! I love the navy ship deck theme but the story tops it off. These are now not only an heirloom but a piece of US history. Just so cool. Congratulations on sticking with this project through the years and the moves and seeing it through to it’s completion. Worth the wait.

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Great story, good use of historical material and very good craftsmanship. It took awhile to finish them, but they look like they were worth the wait.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Great tables, and I love the historic aspect of the wood. Thank you for serving our country.

These are a really nice set.

-- Andy Stark

On Wisconsin … Go Navy! The history of the teak reminded me of something I read about the restoration of the U.S.F. Constitution. They couldn’t find enough seasoned white oak in the right size, until somebody remembered that eighty years before (I think this was in the 1920s, so 80 years would have been about right for the shift from wood to iron vessels) the Navy had purchased a lot of huge trees, cut them into timbers, and sunk them into a freshwater pond for safekeeping. The timbers were still there, good(er) than new, well-seasoned and ready to go. (I got that out of the old “Landmark” series book on the U.S.F. (for “Frigate”) Constitution, so my information is only as good as theirs.) I never got to see too many vessels during my father’s Navy service—he was Commander of the Base Hospital at China Lake, and there aren’t too many Navy vessels that have the draft for the Mojave Desert …

-- Hibernicvs

Great story to go with the beautiful tables you’ve made. mike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

The tables are great Charles, they are worth the wait. I love the stories that go with some of the work you’ve posted. The history behind them takes the already great woodworking and makes the pieces even more interesting. I spent 4 yrs in the Marine Corps and the only thing I managed to bring back with me was a hangover.

-- I've cut that board three times and it's still too short!

Those tables remind me of my days working in a marina… They’re great. I hope there is some way you can keep the story of their history (the German word is “Geshicte”, the story of something’s history) in some way that it won’t become detached from the tables!

Thank you for your (and all Veteran’s) service!

-- There's no tool like an old tool...

I love its uniqueness. i keep my patio set looking new withthis product

very fine job well done

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon