A Herringbone Parquet Floor, From Scratch
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arkangel06
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Looking great so far!
It's an 8,000lb capacity 1965ish Clark CY-80. It has a 2-speed Clark-Hurth hydraulic transmission and a 6-cylinder Continental flathead industrial engine.
Originally, it was yellow, best as I can tell.
e-tek
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AWESOME THREAD!!! Thanks for all the info. GREAT work!!!
z28snksknr
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Following this thread along - enjoying the ride. Always a pleasure to follow your work A PMech
78Bird
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Im fascinated as well.
I wish like hell I lived near you, you'd be the BEST "I know a guy that can fix that" guy EVER.
I wish like hell I lived near you, you'd be the BEST "I know a guy that can fix that" guy EVER.
arkangel06
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Whats up with that wingless plane over there?
Another project?
Another project?
Moose-LandTran
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Ohhhhh.. that's what that thing is.
haha, I was trying to figure it out as well
rosssloan68
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i thought that a parquet floor means the wood is cut with the end grain laid vertical?
Yup.
I got my license in that plane.
rossloan68 said:
Hi Rossloan,
An end grain floor is a different type of floor.
A parquet floor is any floor built up from small pieces of wood in a geometric pattern of varying grain direction and/or species for visual effect. End grain floors don't have a specific geometric pattern designed for visual effect. Thus, they aren't really a parquet floor. Instead, end grain flooring is generally known as "block flooring".
The pile of wood in my shop is no more!
By using this setup on my table saw:
I converted the pile of rough random width lumber to a pile of rough lumber 2.5" wide and 10" to 48" long:
Along the way, I sawed out a whole bunch of knots and defects:
I also ended up with a lot of scrap strips. Much of this is pith:
Today I'll begin surfacing. That empty spot on the floor where the lumber was? It looks about the right size for a certain Series II Bridgeport.
I just need to move the DoAll back towards the lathe a little to open that spot up.
By using this setup on my table saw:
I converted the pile of rough random width lumber to a pile of rough lumber 2.5" wide and 10" to 48" long:
Along the way, I sawed out a whole bunch of knots and defects:
I also ended up with a lot of scrap strips. Much of this is pith:
Today I'll begin surfacing. That empty spot on the floor where the lumber was? It looks about the right size for a certain Series II Bridgeport.
I just need to move the DoAll back towards the lathe a little to open that spot up.
mjozefow
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The pile is gone!
Hurry it up John, I was thinking the whole floor would be done by now!
Hurry it up John, I was thinking the whole floor would be done by now!
The pile is gone!
Hurry it up John, I was thinking the whole floor would be done by now!
Yeah, I've been stumbling over that pile for FAR too long! I looked at that empty spot last night and realized I need to fill it back up with something.
Bah!
It's official. You ****.
Damn... most guys are either good with metal, or wood.
I'm freakin' surprised you didn't grow the trees yourself from seedlings, using a special tree fertilizer you developed yourself that cuts growth time my 20 years.
-Brad
Damn... most guys are either good with metal, or wood.
I'm freakin' surprised you didn't grow the trees yourself from seedlings, using a special tree fertilizer you developed yourself that cuts growth time my 20 years.
-Brad
mjozefow
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The techniques and materials I'm using aren't really new. However, to my knowledge they are rarely, if ever, combined in the way I will be using them. That's the new part.
I'm loath to piss on your bonfire, because this is a great project and I'm aware that some idiot decided to beat you up in another thread, but the techniques you're using have been standard practice for decades.
David Gunton, who's probably the leading practitioner in the world (you don't get chosen to replace the floors in Windsor Castle without knowing what you're doing) goes into some detail on his approach to dealing with underfloor heating, the use of a kiln-dried sand substrate is particularly interesting.
blue dog
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I have been doing custom woodwork for 20 years and i will say sir, you are very ambitious. Looks good, and the cutting boards turned out great.
v7guy
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I'm still waiting for the 1/4 finished install pics. Very interested in the details.
there's a dozen ways to skin a cat and most of them have already been done even if we don't personally know it.
there's a dozen ways to skin a cat and most of them have already been done even if we don't personally know it.
z28snksknr
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Any updates?
jtbinvalrico
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Can't wait to see it.....you sir, are a craftsman.
wawa1
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Wow!!!!!!!
z28snksknr
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There hasn't been a thread here in quite a while that I wanted to be re-started as much as this one. Looking forward to it!!
Thanks!
wawa1 said:
That's what I said when I first realized how much work it was going to be.
z28snksknr said:
Soon I should actually be able to get down to the business of installing the floor! I have about another 500 square feet of flooring to process which will probably take me a week or so. Then, I need to make the walnut strips for the border and prepare for the installation.
mjozefow
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I thought you would be finished by now John...
v7guy
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I've been dying to see this progress!
Beaumont67
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Walnut and Maple are my favorite woods as well, especially when used in combination!
This was one of several Walnut and Maple cutting boards I made as Christmas presents one year:
I find woodworking quite relaxing. That may be partly because I approach woodworking from a metalworking background.
A_Pmech
I thoroughly enjoyed this informative wood floor thread & most unique cutting board design.
- I am putting in Hickory plank floor and I learned much from your detailed work and writeup
- my friend is a wood carver hobbyist and I will show him your pics. / of the cutting board design
Also, what % humidity do you like to keep your wood floor at ?
- like 40-50% or other
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PSEUDOSENTIENT
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Pmech thanks for sharing your knowledge.
There are probably not a lot of people who know what you know, but certainly even fewer who care enough to share their knowledge with strangers on the net.
This forum is unlike any I have ever found... its because of threads and posters like this.
Subscribed and looking forward to pics of the finished product!
There are probably not a lot of people who know what you know, but certainly even fewer who care enough to share their knowledge with strangers on the net.
This forum is unlike any I have ever found... its because of threads and posters like this.
Subscribed and looking forward to pics of the finished product!
Hi Beaumont,
I allow the wood to come to equilibrium moisture content with average unconditioned indoor air before final processing. Equilibrium is around 7% to 10% moisture content and depends on the species and the type of indoor air conditioning. I'd rather have the wood a little moist than too dry as a dry floor can gain moisture and buckle. A slightly moist floor will develop small cracks which are easily fixed.
PSEUDOSENTIENT said:
Thanks!
If you find time dude, could you throw a little something up about the set squares. They are beautiful, as such I am imagining you also hand crafted them?
Thanks
Pete
I too would like to know about the squares and the order and method that you laid out the work. They are beautiful!!
John - You are incredibly knowledgeable and a talented fabricator regardless of the medium you’re working with. As always, thanks for sharing with the ‘less fortunate.’
All the best to you in this and all your projects- Mike
John - You are incredibly knowledgeable and a talented fabricator regardless of the medium you’re working with. As always, thanks for sharing with the ‘less fortunate.’
All the best to you in this and all your projects- Mike
Hi Pete,
Thanks!
I've actually been thinking about making a few more sets of those!
mike13u said:
Hi Mike,
Thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate it. Through a lot of hard work and some luck I've managed to pull a machine shop together from the ether which was profitable from day one. It wasn't always certain I would pull it off, such as the snowy day I looked out on the piece of ground where my shop now sits wondering how I'd manage to accomplish it. However, in the intervening years I learned one major lesson: You can do anything if you put your mind to it.
danski0224
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Truth.
Nealcrenshaw
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John,I see you are walking faultless among your contemporaries.