Cut Your Own Boards For Flooring

This needs to be cut to 1 1 8 inch thick.

Cut your own boards for flooring.

The major disadvantage in using a table saw is that your boards need to be cut using multiple passes. A table saw is very powerful and when cutting numerous boards can prove to be reliable in the long run. 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. It will make laying them much easier.

Outstanding service life very clean cut and excellent work progress. We cut the boards and dry fitted them in the room to make sure we had the right number of boards. Set up your table saw and cut your boards to 6 inches by 48 inches long. Get your groove back.

Scc cut all the 8 ft planks into 4 ft pieces then cut about 6 of those in half again to 2 ft sections. The advantage to a table saw is that your cut will be completely clean and sharp giving your joint a nice fit. This removes the groove which you ll re create in the next step. Bi metal with teeth set for all wood plasterboard and plastic materials.

Rip the new boards. The trick to this step is to try and cut your boards as straight as possible. 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. Take the hardwood tree to the saw mill to have them cut down into rough planks.

Now cut the new boards to width by running the tongue side against the fence. I sanded each board one by one top ends and knocked the sharp edges off the corners for a worn farmhouse feel. 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. Step 2 send them through the gang saw and have them ripped a full half inch wider than the size flooring you want.

However if by some chance you don t get them perfectly straight don t panic you can still get them to work.