Making Hardwood Floors From A Tree

November 10 2015.

Making hardwood floors from a tree.

Before we get started with how to install hardwood floors let s cover a few basics. We ll cut it off when we turn the planks into flooring. Making and installing hardwood floors from a tree. Though it is more expensive than the other methods it is also more stable providing higher quality flooring.

Hardwood flooring is solid wood cut from the tree. See more ideas about wood flooring projects wood floors. I left the bark on. This needs to be cut to 1 1 8 inch thick.

Cuts a log into quarters before it cuts the strips of wood to make hardwood flooring boards. The mill is indexed to lower the correct amount between cuts to make planks slightly over 1 thick. Hardwood floors are beautiful last a lifetime and are easy to install. Part of the improvements to our family room included replacing the carpet with hardwood floors.

A perfect project for this idea is to make a hardwood floor with wood from locally grown trees. I decided to use ash for the floor because it s lighter color would brighten the room because it is hard and because i had access to it. With the proper tools and a bit of hard work you can make your own hardwood floors from trees you have harvested yourself. Cuts a log at a different angle than quarter sawn before it cuts the wood into hardwood flooring boards.

There are three common hardwood trees in northeast montana they are the ash the siberian elm and the russian olive. I have about 2000 square feet to do. After building the sawmill i decided to make some ash flooring for my house. Russian olive wood is probably the most distinctive being almost chocolate colored it is a very beautiful wood.

You can either pile those pieces off to the side and return them to the mill later to cut the bark off or deal with the bark as part of the milling process. Prepare the material step 1 take the hardwood tree to the saw mill to have them cut down into rough planks.