Tile Setters vs. Trim carpenters On a woodworking site, it's not tough to guess the winner of this battle. But the war of words makes for good reading. February 25, 2005
Test for Moisture when Installing Hardwood Flooring "Acclimating" flooring in the house before nailing down is not a sure-fire precaution. You should also provide a vapor barrier, and test the flooring, subflooring and slab for proper moisture content. December 26, 2006
Trimming Plugs Cutting and sanding wood plugs can be tedious and laborious. Here, pros discuss efficient ways to make a clean job of it. September 3, 2005
Is Sweetgum Too Unstable for Flooring? Sweetgum is highly prone to movement. However, sawn thin enough and heavily nailed (and glued), it just might work as strip flooring. February 19, 2008
MDO as a Painted Floor Yes, you can make a "distressed" floor with medium density overlay (MDO) panels. June 11, 2014
Flooring Equipment Basic descriptions of moulders and end-matchers used to make wood flooring. November 11, 2008
Milling Your Own Flooring Sawmill operator asks about the wisdom of milling up some mesquite flooring, and gets opinions both ways — along with some practical tips. October 4, 2005
Optimal Size to Rough Cut for Flooring Start with a uniform finish thickness, then add allowances for planing, drying shrinkage, and cupping. October 26, 2011
Wide Board Flooring Tips Advice on sawing, fastening and sanding wide board oak floors. September 15, 2006
Making Base Moulding from Engineered Flooring Suggestions for fabricating baseboard moulding out of engineered flooring, even though the face and core are different materials. October 3, 2011
Engineered Flooring over a Concrete Slab Laminated wood flooring products work well applied to a concrete slab, as long as the floor is acceptably flat and a proper vapor barrier is applied first. February 5, 2007
"Brushed and Burnt" Oak Flooring Thoughts on how to replicate a "brushed and burned" look on wide plank oak flooring, using a flame gun and a brushing power tool. July 27, 2008
Getting Into Flooring Production The owner of a rough lumber business has been getting a lot of requests for hardwood flooring. Here's a discussion of what equipment he would need to start producing it, and what markets he should cultivate in order to make money. November 13, 2005
Router Table and Lift Designs and ideas for a smoothly functioning router workstation. December 9, 2004
Machinery for End-Matching Flooring Short of investing in a specialized end-matching machine, are there other ways to efficiently get quality results on more typical shop equipment? July 26, 2010
Saw Blades for Laminate Flooring Laminate flooring will eat up any saw blade. Most installers use cheap blades and expect to wear them out. August 13, 2007
Holly and Teak for Boat Decking This thread answers the question of why Holly and Teak are paired in boat decking (below decks only), and continues with a folkloric and historic discussion of Teak for boatbuilding — including on nuclear submarines.October 19, 2013
Why is Wood Flooring Kerfed on the Bottom Face? Speculation, theories, and facts about why wood flooring and some door jamb stock is usually milled with grooves in the underside or back side. October 13, 2008