Getting started on some flooring

[ZeesWoodShop]

Starting on some flooring for a house I am working on 

Any advice on milling and installing Locust and Hickory

2000 board feet of Black Locust and Hickory. My helper unloaded it for me

IMAG1152 by TheEvillOnes, on Flickr

 

[ZeesWoodShop]

Got it all moved into the shop.

Love having the German muscle (Deutz) to move heavy stuff, Not quite Festool Green but close

IMAG1159 by TheEvillOnes, on Flickr

1500bf of Hickory and 100 or so of 8/4 Poplar

IMAG1163 by TheEvillOnes, on Flickr

This stack is 500 bf of Black Locust

IMAG1165 by TheEvillOnes, on Flickr

 

[ZeesWoodShop]

Love the grain in this Locust


IMAG1171 by TheEvillOnes, on Flickr

Moved powerfeed over tot he jointer to speed things up

IMAG1168 by TheEvillOnes, on Flickr

 

[galwaydude18@gmail.com]

Lovely pile of wood there! You'll hav fun planing all if that. I have never seen a power feed on a jointer before!!

 

[ZeesWoodShop]

I built a bracket on the back of the case for the powerfeed, works pretty well, much more even than doing it by hand. Sadly can only run it on low speed that jointer is really underpowered. Can't wait until I can move my shop out of town to my farm. Taking eight 44 gallon cans of sawdust and planer chips back to the farm twice a day is a pain. 

 

[ZeesWoodShop]

All finished with the locust, now to let the moisture level adjust to the house its going in


IMAG1185 by TheEvillOnes, on Flickr

s3s boards


IMAG1171 by TheEvillOnes, on Flickr

 

[galwaydude18@gmail.com]

Nice job. Did you tonge and groove the ends of the boards as well?

 

[ZeesWoodShop]

Yes I did forgot, to take some pics up close

 

[galwaydude18@gmail.com]

Nice one! nice bit of work for one day.  [big grin]

 

[nehardwoodfloors]

Yes nice wood, but what are you going to finish it with?

 

[ZeesWoodShop]

Thinking about General Finish Enduro-Var. I use a lot of their pre-cat products and love the results.

The dust from cutting locust is brutal. I had to take today off after cutting out the knots and squaring the ends on that lot of 200 sq ft. Really need to ditch the dewalt sliding miter and get a kapex. The wood is really hard and makes a really fine dust that just goes every where. Have never worked with any thing that hard before.

 

[pghmyn]

I only see two tools in your shop, and I already envy you

 

[ZeesWoodShop]

I have a pretty good set up, run a lot of moulding and cabinets. The fridge and radial arm saw are out now, was handy having the fridge till it went into its kitchen home.

There is a 2x2 cnc and an SCMI shaper behind the camera too.

Need a bigger building the tools are taking over all the work space. I try to keep all the milling toward the door and assembly and finish at the other end, you can see the corner of a white cabinet.


IMAG0821 by TheEvillOnes, on Flickr

 

[pghmyn]

Really wish I had a setup that included all those Powermatic machines

Looks amazing.

 

[ZeesWoodShop]

I am pretty happy with it, I am working part time out of there right now. I build cabinets and short runs of moulding, pretty good money in it. Not very stimulating feeding blanks into a moulder for hours on end but after a while every foot that comes out of the shaper or mouder you see as a dollar or two. I really want to add a sliding table saw and a straight line rip saw to the shop.  Panel processing with a TS 55 is just too slow to make a decent hourly rate.  I am planing on moving into a bigger building hopefully next spring. 

 

[ZeesWoodShop]

was in the shop playing with my phone took some panoramic shots


IMAG1193 by TheEvillOnes, on Flickr


IMAG1194 by TheEvillOnes, on Flickr

 

[nehardwoodfloors]

I have played with Enduro var and have found it to not be up to par. Especially with the color(or lack thereof)!
If your thinking waterbased, may I suggest if you have the time to order,

Vermeister is the cats meow of WB finishes for floors! It is super protective while keeping the wood very natural looking.
It's also stupid easy to use. If you are interested let me know and I can walk you through the entire coating process.
In this photo you can see how it accentuates instead of covering the grain.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecooptions/8233904280/in/photostream

I do not work for them but I am a huge fan. I have used every finish out there and have never seen one look so good while offering really good protection.

If you don't want to order, you can get some decent finish by bona at home depot too.
My advice is, no matter what WB finish you use
Shut off the heat!
Close windows and doors
You don't want any moving/fresh air while coating!
After coating wait 30 minutes or so before turning the heat back on.

Good luck!

 

[nehardwoodfloors]

Oh yeah, we use 18" rollers, 3/8" or so. Move quickly and work small sections at a time.

 

[ZeesWoodShop]

I may have to give that a try. Your flicker has some amazing floors. The wwwwide pine from 1723 is really impressive.

Only reason I thought about the General finish is being familiar with there other products.

 

[nehardwoodfloors]

Thank you, yeah the waterborne finishes are really good but if you want to accentuate the grain as if it was furniture, there is still nothing like oil. There are better oils now that are plant based like the surfix stuff.
We use Rubio Monocoat, but I know pallmann makes a product called magic oil that looks like a traditional oil based finish but with zero voc's! Beautiful finish for floors.

For a natural wood look that pops the figure a bit there is Rubio Monocoat. Great looking, zero voc and easy to use! One coat!
But  I have found it to be a bit less protection for most busy families.

Water based will give you a natural even, pale color that is more modern. Omu finish smells terrible and off gases well after you move in. So for a contrasts, figured finish you might consider Rubio or the pallmann I mentioned, but be prepared to take part in routine maintenance like fixing spilled juices etc.