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  1. 29th March 2015, 12:44 PM #1
    cdewar
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    Default Milling re-cycled hardwood floorboards

    Newbie timber worker requesting input from "old-hands" about milling of re-claimed hardwood floorboards.

    My wife and I are building a studio; and everything is recycled. We've already made our own kingpin trusses, and built all the sub-floor. We are looking to build a platform floor.

    The 85mm floor boards have a lot of damaged T&G. We had planned to re-machine this, but are concerned that due to existing bow in some of these, i won't be able to pass these through the spindle moulder without first re-machining these square, and losing a lot of the board width.

    Are there any "tricks" to this process that might help to minimise any wasted boards? Is it possible to re-machine recycled boards, or is this near impossible???

    Thanks for any experienced input. Cheers Russ & Christine.
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  3. 30th March 2015, 09:21 PM #2
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    Good Morning Christine and Russ

    Running salvaged flooring through a spindle molder could be rather expensive on cutters. Dirt, grit and old finishes (estapol) is almost as hard on cutters as nails and screws.

    One "trick" that uses less timber than cutting new tongues is to cut grooves on both sides of the timber, and then use loose tongues, either hardwood or plywood.


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  4. 31st March 2015, 12:25 AM #3
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    Hi when you say your boards are bowed and need machinining square I think you mean they have a defect called "spring"
    If that is the case you will probably have to machine them straight and parallel.
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