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Old wide pine boards (post #169339)

Ronaway on Mon, 11/14/2011 - 20:12

Knots Gallery

Some years back I acquired some really exceptional pine boards. Two of these boards are 22.5" wide and two are 17.25" wide and 8 feet long. Actually they were two boards 16 feet long at one point. I guess they were cut either for storage or transportation purposes. They're 1.5" thick and relatively flat. The gentleman from which I purchased these boards acquired them back in 1961. Just recently I've decided that I have just the right project for these boards and have started processing them as furniture parts.

Unfortunately the beautiful read heart streak was removed by the time the board was planed flat.

Ron

If you're too open minded your brains will fall out.

x (post #169339, reply #2 of 6)

by PeteBo in reply to Ronaway [original] on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 17:32

Nice plank (post #169339, reply #1 of 6)

by PeteBo in reply to Ronaway [original] on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 17:30

That is a nice big plank you got there. Finding a place to store all the material while that perfect projects comes up has been a challenge for me. I love your wood floors in your shop. That isn't an old grainery is it?

Wood Floors (post #169339, reply #3 of 6)

by Ronaway in reply to PeteBo [original] on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 06:18

Petebo,

Unfortunately I've recently been forced to cover those floors with some new material. When I originally built the shop I put down those pine floors right onto the joist so they were the subfloor and the finished floor. Over the years they've shrunk and weren't exactly weather tight. I work in my shop full time so recently I had to put down some new tongue and groove flooring which I painted white. It may sound odd to paint a floor white but the increase in ligting efficiency has been nothing less than amazing.

Ron

If you're too open minded your brains will fall out.

painted floor... (post #169339, reply #4 of 6)

by DanCC in reply to Ronaway [original] on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 14:19

Actually it makes a great deal of sense to me. Maybe something I can copy one day.

DanC

painted floor... (post #169339, reply #5 of 6)

by DanCC in reply to Ronaway [original] on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 14:19

Actually it makes a great deal of sense to me. Maybe something I can copy one day.

DanC

paint it white!!!!!!!! (post #169339, reply #6 of 6)

by wdwerker in reply to Ronaway [original] on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 23:01

My shop is in a leased warehouse. The former tenant was a photographer. Walls , ceiling and floor were painted white. I highly reccomend painting everything to improve the light bounce.

Steve Duncan

www.steveduncan.com