Neil Dyball
Established Member
Hi,
I normally only post in the 'spinney world' forum but do occasionally make 'flat' things.
Wanted to finish a top for a coffee table I started a while back, before I had a heart attack! SWBMO asked if I could get some boards to match our European oak flooring, so contacted the guy who supplied the floor.
To cut a long story short, for £200 I ended up with 132 boards on a 'remainder' pallet from another job. Average 2m long, 125mm wide and 20mm thick. Roughly I think that works out at somewhere under £10 per cubic foot? Anyone else think it works out anything close to that? I guess another way to work it out is around £1.50 per board.
They are T&G but that doesn't worry me as it'll save me some biscuit jointing! :lol: Where I don't want the T&G to show on the ends of table/TV unit tops I'll rip the boards down the length, should only lose about 15mm off the width of these. Some others will need either the tongue or the groove removed, but not both.
Some of the top layer of the pallet are a bit damp/slightly cupped but the majority are A1. The 'dodgy' ones can probably be thicknessed down and still leave a useable board. I doubt I'll lose more than 10-15% of the total volume to thicknessing or T&G removal.
I've got another couple of small areas of flooring (landing & porch) to replace so that'll be done first, then anything that isn't usable for furniture making could be pen blanks, or failing that firewood.
Cheers,
Neil.
I normally only post in the 'spinney world' forum but do occasionally make 'flat' things.
Wanted to finish a top for a coffee table I started a while back, before I had a heart attack! SWBMO asked if I could get some boards to match our European oak flooring, so contacted the guy who supplied the floor.
To cut a long story short, for £200 I ended up with 132 boards on a 'remainder' pallet from another job. Average 2m long, 125mm wide and 20mm thick. Roughly I think that works out at somewhere under £10 per cubic foot? Anyone else think it works out anything close to that? I guess another way to work it out is around £1.50 per board.
They are T&G but that doesn't worry me as it'll save me some biscuit jointing! :lol: Where I don't want the T&G to show on the ends of table/TV unit tops I'll rip the boards down the length, should only lose about 15mm off the width of these. Some others will need either the tongue or the groove removed, but not both.
Some of the top layer of the pallet are a bit damp/slightly cupped but the majority are A1. The 'dodgy' ones can probably be thicknessed down and still leave a useable board. I doubt I'll lose more than 10-15% of the total volume to thicknessing or T&G removal.
I've got another couple of small areas of flooring (landing & porch) to replace so that'll be done first, then anything that isn't usable for furniture making could be pen blanks, or failing that firewood.
Cheers,
Neil.
