Mcluma
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A while back I was able to pick up some oak floorboards; these were taken out of house that was taken down.
The floor had been installed in the 80’s, and was in a pretty bad state. This was not helped by how the demolition crew had taken out the floor and how it had been stored.
They had laid it outside in the mud/grass under some tarpaulin (with big holes in it)
When I picked it up (free) I had to drag it out of the mud. I felt like a swamp logger.
First I thought of just cleaning it and putting it in our Gym (the room it had originally been installed in was about 4mrt by 5mtr) but on a lot of boards the tongue and groove were missing and due to it had been stored a large number of boards had been warped – so that idea went our of the window
Here a picture of when I picked it up
photo by mcluma, on Flickr
Oak flooring by mcluma, on Flickr
So my idea is to use it for skirting board and door trim. I can trim the edges (take of the tongue and groove) plane and sand it
So that is what I did yesterday, took a small number of boards from the pile, de-nailed it and sawed the T&G off. Still leaves me with a respectable 175mm wide board
The pile of wood
photo by mcluma, on Flickr
De-nailing
photo by mcluma, on Flickr
The quality of the wood before processing
photo by mcluma, on Flickr
After processing
photo by mcluma, on Flickr
photo by mcluma, on Flickr
photo by mcluma, on Flickr
photo by mcluma, on Flickr
And the wastage
photo by mcluma, on Flickr
What I still need is a drum sander, so get the super smooth finish
The floor had been installed in the 80’s, and was in a pretty bad state. This was not helped by how the demolition crew had taken out the floor and how it had been stored.
They had laid it outside in the mud/grass under some tarpaulin (with big holes in it)
When I picked it up (free) I had to drag it out of the mud. I felt like a swamp logger.
First I thought of just cleaning it and putting it in our Gym (the room it had originally been installed in was about 4mrt by 5mtr) but on a lot of boards the tongue and groove were missing and due to it had been stored a large number of boards had been warped – so that idea went our of the window
Here a picture of when I picked it up
photo by mcluma, on Flickr
Oak flooring by mcluma, on Flickr
So my idea is to use it for skirting board and door trim. I can trim the edges (take of the tongue and groove) plane and sand it
So that is what I did yesterday, took a small number of boards from the pile, de-nailed it and sawed the T&G off. Still leaves me with a respectable 175mm wide board
The pile of wood
photo by mcluma, on Flickr
De-nailing
photo by mcluma, on Flickr
The quality of the wood before processing
photo by mcluma, on Flickr
After processing
photo by mcluma, on Flickr
photo by mcluma, on Flickr
photo by mcluma, on Flickr
photo by mcluma, on Flickr
And the wastage
photo by mcluma, on Flickr
What I still need is a drum sander, so get the super smooth finish
