danieldd
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It was a HOT Saturday morning down here in the deep south. It hit 90 by the time noon rolled around. I got up early and started moving everything out of the shop. By 8:00AM my BIL and his wife arrived and he helped to move the remaining heavy stuff. By 9:00AM we were ready to lay down the floor. My wife and my BIL's wife kept track of the design and brought us the tiles and we set them and went to stomping and hammering. By 10:40AM we were done with the floor except for cutting the edge pieces along the back wall and fitting some pieces around the lift.
I was surprised as to how well and how quickly the floor went down. The nice thing about the floor was we had to shift it after it was down to make sure we had enough gap around the perimeter. This was relatively easy to do.
While the girls went inside to get lunch going, we worked on the back wall to cut the final pieces needed on the table saw. Now, I have used my table saw for a variety of things over the past 25 years. Never used the guard as I was confident in my cutting skills. I set the fence to cut approximately 2.5 inches off the first tile and right after I cut it, I got careless and the tile kicked back and the pointed edge of it hit me right below the rib. It hurt bad!
We had to stop for a moment until I gained my composure and cut the remainder of the tiles. Fortunately no lasting damage other than a hit to the ego and a nice and painful reminder not to be so careless next time.
All in all I am pleased with the flooring. I didn't put anything under the tile, so it is a little noisy, but I'm usually blasting Pandora in the shop so it is not a concern.
Here are some pictures of the shop floor and the resultant injury…..
I was surprised as to how well and how quickly the floor went down. The nice thing about the floor was we had to shift it after it was down to make sure we had enough gap around the perimeter. This was relatively easy to do.
While the girls went inside to get lunch going, we worked on the back wall to cut the final pieces needed on the table saw. Now, I have used my table saw for a variety of things over the past 25 years. Never used the guard as I was confident in my cutting skills. I set the fence to cut approximately 2.5 inches off the first tile and right after I cut it, I got careless and the tile kicked back and the pointed edge of it hit me right below the rib. It hurt bad!
We had to stop for a moment until I gained my composure and cut the remainder of the tiles. Fortunately no lasting damage other than a hit to the ego and a nice and painful reminder not to be so careless next time.
All in all I am pleased with the flooring. I didn't put anything under the tile, so it is a little noisy, but I'm usually blasting Pandora in the shop so it is not a concern.
Here are some pictures of the shop floor and the resultant injury…..
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