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WarnerConstInc.

I'm going to lay it rough side up. Then I am going to screen it with 80 at the most. I want there to be some rough sawn marks in it still but, still nice to walk on.

I think I will have to glue these planks down, all will be at least 6" wide.

I'm going to 'groove' the backs.

This is where the ts-55 will shine. Get one edge staight, and run it throught the table saw.

I might run the finish side through his big wide belt sander. Maybe one pass with 40 or 60, I will have to do some samples.

I am going for the old wide plank farm house floor. Don't tell me you never seen that out east!!

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Leo G

Not in Ash. But plenty of wide board flooring in pine.

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Leo G

You miss post #1????

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WarnerConstInc.

My friend has a butt load of rough cut in his barn. He has a big portable band saw.

The rough planing will be done at Wakefield's here in Auburn.

The other mill work will be done at another good friends shop in town also.

WarnerConstInc.

Mine, I couldnt find too many people around here to spring for something like this.

WarnerConstInc.

I'll take a good one when the Lioness finally beds down

WarnerConstInc.

Are the old ones face nailed and butted, or lapped?

Leo G

Mostly butted. After they shrink down you stuff the cracks with hemp rope/string.

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WarnerConstInc.

That's what i've found as well.

My floor in my old house is mostly VG Fir, and it is t&g, laid right over the floor joists. When it shrunk up someone put rope between them. The basement lights that shine up through the floor boards will mess with your head ever now and then.

Ok, so they were face nailed.

Mostley seem to be about 6" wide too, yes?

Leo G

No, mostly 10" and wider. The sub floor was usually oak, but thin. Sometimes as thin as 3/8". The only time I found it nailed straight on the joists was on a second floor. But not that often.

Usually faced nailed with rose head nails. Sometimes "T" head nails.

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I figured that out after I posted Sounds great so far! Some folks won't get your vision, and they'll think it's a cheapo job, but obviously it's taking more planning than the crisp, clean job they're used to seeing.

I'm looking forward to seeing some final picks.....don't forget before and after!

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neolitic

They did it that way because
they made T&G with hand planes.
They didn't have Green tools
to play with.

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ChrWright

Definitely post some process pics... sounds like a fun project.


(Take some pics when the couch goes on the bonfire, too... Couches burn BIG and HOT... )

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WarnerConstInc.

I'm almost afraid to go wider than 8".
I'm sure I would have to put some glue down under those as well.

3/8" on a 45 at least?

My up and down is hand nailed with cut nails, right through the tounge and into the joist.

Wonder if I could get away with that now days?

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damn it! everytime I post, I come back and more has been revealed

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Flooring nails are a kind of cut nail.

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Leo G

They would put the oak down green, and then it would fracture from the stress from drying. Kind of neat looking. But pretty strong considering it was only 3/8". Most of the floor joists were 2x6, and I mean 2x6 not 1 1/2 x 5 1/2. And they were usually Chestnut. Pretty strong stuff. And after the decades it became very hard. Hard enough where a pneumatic nailer couldn't sink a nail all the time.

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