Cut Your Own Boards For Flooring

Yes i did the sanding hence no photos of that step.

Cut your own boards for flooring.

Set up your table saw and cut your boards to 6 inches by 48 inches long. For this example i am going to be using a miter saw which is the most common type of saw used and a circular saw which is less common but still very useful. Extremely robust unaffected by nails in wood up. Now cut the new boards to width by running the tongue side against the fence.

The trick to this step is to try and cut your boards as straight as possible. I sanded each board one by one top ends and knocked the sharp edges off the corners for a worn farmhouse feel. Rip the new boards. This needs to be cut to 1 1 8 inch thick.

A table saw is very powerful and when cutting numerous boards can prove to be reliable in the long run. Take the hardwood tree to the saw mill to have them cut down into rough planks. The advantage to a table saw is that your cut will be completely clean and sharp giving your joint a nice fit. We cut the boards and dry fitted them in the room to make sure we had the right number of boards.

Bi metal with teeth set for all wood plasterboard and plastic materials. This removes the groove which you ll re create in the next step. The major disadvantage in using a table saw is that your boards need to be cut using multiple passes. Measure the face width of the existing flooring add the width of its tongue then set the table saw s fence that same distance away from the blade.

However if by some chance you don t get them perfectly straight don t panic you can still get them to work. Step 2 send them through the gang saw and have them ripped a full half inch wider than the size flooring you want. Scc cut all the 8 ft planks into 4 ft pieces then cut about 6 of those in half again to 2 ft sections. Get your groove back.

You could use any type of lumber you like for this project but i really liked the idea of wider plank pine boards that would look a little more like they re original to the house and might even get a little more dinged up with use.