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I don’t know if anybody has mentioned this yet, but Teak is one of the woods that is notoriously hard to glue due to the oils naturally present in the wood. It can be done, but you need to take special steps.
Try to avoid water based glues, though some people report success. Everyone seems to agree cleaning the surfaces with a solvent is the key to success.
I used to build boats, and got the best result with West system epoxy immediately preceeded by cleaning the glue surfaces with acetone because it dries quickly.. As SOON as the acetone dries, do the glue up. Oils will return to the surface almost immediately.
A good discussion is here:
http://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/gluing-oily-tropical-hardwoods/
I have seen an epoxy especially formulated called oak and Teak glue, but I haven’t used it.
https://www.makewoodgood.com/glue-oily-wood-oak-teak-maple-cocobolo/