Interesting new method of maximizing board yield per tree

[Administrator_JSVN]

Pretty cool technology maximizes the size and quantity of boards per tree by creating unique and custom tongue and groove profiles. Kind of neat looking stuff.

http://www.gizmag.com/bolefloor-maximizes-floorboards-per-tree/18071/

 

[Alan m]

pritty cool affect, you wouldnt want to damage one of the boards.  [tongue]

 

[Ken Nagrod]

Shane, thanks for posting that.  Beautiful and interesting looking flooring, but like previously mentioned, not a repair friendly floor and what about expansion and contraction with changes in interior conditions?  That could really do some wild stuff.

Dovetail and any other flooring guys on here, your thoughts?

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

It will move in length more then anything.

I would not want to have to replace one of those, ok, for the right price I would.

 

[Ken Nagrod]

Have fun Darcy.  Hope one of those big ol' pieces of iron you recently aquired has that capability.  You never did get that wood stretch-R, did you?

 

[LostInTheWood]

It will move in length more then anything.

I would not want to have to replace one of those, ok, for the right price I would.

I always thought it was width....?  Expansion across the grain. 

I'd like to see that milling process.  I also wonder if the material comes numbered.  The home website doesn't say much, but I gather that you must order by room size so the run of boards they make fit your room.  They prefer glue down as well.  Not remodel friendly unless you put in new dead flat subfloors or skin them with 1/8 or 1/4 ply.

 

[tiralie]

It will move in length more then anything.

I would not want to have to replace one of those, ok, for the right price I would.

I always thought it was width....?  Expansion across the grain.  

Ya me too.

I'd like to see that milling process.  I also wonder if the material comes numbered.  The home website doesn't say much, but I gather that you must order by room size so the run of boards they make fit your room.  They prefer glue down as well.  Not remodel friendly unless you put in new dead flat subfloors or skin them with 1/8 or 1/4 ply.

I think this is an interesting looking design. I don't see how that is really saving that much material, at least one side of each adjacent board needs to be milled to match the mating board.

 

[GhostFist]

I really like the more organic look of how the floor boards join so thats a plus. Obvious some extra steps are needed during layout so that ups the price for the customer. Cool look though

 

[woodguy7]

Lovely floor, cheers Shane

Darcy, i think you have it the wrong way around.  You will get very little movement lenthways but always more in the width & thickness.

Woodguy

 

[shoe maker]

you will not have any expansion in the length of the boards. and you will have no more movement then any other plank floor as long as it is acclimated properly and installed under the proper moisture content to the home. it all depends on the environment it is installed,  some wood flooring will have issues because of moisture problems under the home or crazy swings in humidity in the home. so all those things have to be taken into consideration before you even think of installing a wood floor to get a long life out of it. and many different precautions can be taken to accomplish this.

i\'d like to know if they come numbered as well and how you run from one room to the next, it seems any deviation from the boards right or left will throw you off. Almost like they have to mill it according to your lay out and room dimensions.  looks like it would be a pain in the ass to install. Also the micro bevel they have milled on the edges will be just about gone after one refinish making it lose its detail. Depending what type of finish you are sanding off. Stain &  oil base polly\'s soak in deeper then WB poly\'s. To do a true refinish with out a chance of failure all the previous finish needs to be sanded off. Unless you just go for one of those re-coat jobs that requires a c;leaning with a special products to make the new finish adhere to the old. then you have to worry about it starting to peel from the micro-bevel where what ever they cleaned the floor with over the years has accumulated and effects the adhesion of the new finish if it hasn\'t been scraped out by hand with a scraper. is the beveled edge that makers it really stand out.

either way i bet it is very costly material and just another fad like white washed floors from the 80\'s and the hand scraped floors of today.