Making Hardwood Flooring

Creating your own hardwood floors tongue and groove joint.

Making hardwood flooring.

In the end i contacted a local excavator that i had purchased white pine from in the past. Mill the flooring step 1 set up the shaper or router table with a tongue and groove cutter. Adjust the fence and cutter height using a scrap piece of material adjust the cutter height and fence position until you have it set up correctly to run your flooring. Apply more filler where needed then make another pass with 120 grit paper.

If you re going for the ultimate results make a final pass with 150 grit paper. Is it more expensive to make your own boards and then cutting the tongue and grooves on a shaper than buying from a retailer. If i were to do this and i m actually considering it for my walk in closet floor and my mud room entry area i would leave the gaps min. Oak maple walnut all great woods and make beautiful hardwood floors.

3 techniques to create your hardwood floor panels the tongue and groove joint has proved itself over centuries to be very simple clean and strong. Fir and pine are very soft wood so it ll get marks and dings easier than a hardwood such as oak. Question about making hardwood flooring. A oak tree went into the brook near my house and i decided to pull it out and turn it into flooring for my house.

The plywood underneath the real hardwood veneer is referred to as the core board. Another function for this joint is seen in hardwood floors. I installed solid hardwood floors for three years as a profession and although i think a solid hardwood floor would last longer can be sanded and is more durable i think you have done an excellent job. Tips for making your own plank flooring using 1 x 12 lumber.

Popular uses for this joint are in the creation of doors panels and table tops. Engineered wood flooring is constructed by gluing together a number of wood plies with a veneer of real hardwood veneer glued on top. Make one pass with 100 grit paper to remove excess leveling compound and filler. Buy your wood from a local lumber store.

The plywood core board is made by stacking the plies one on top of another in opposite directions then glued together. He still had a few piles of stickered planks that had been air drying for 1 5 years. The ideal tool for the job is an orbital flooring sander.