[Woodcarver] Maple Floor Surfacing

[Joe Dillett]

Hi Jean,

What Victor said is great advice.

Actually resharpening the blades for the planer/jointer is not a big deal.
It is not that expensive to have them resharpened. You might even try
resharpening them yourself. I do mine and others on my 6-inch bench grinder
and buffer.

Joe Dillett
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Victor Hamburger" <VHamburg at bellatlantic.net>
To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Maple Floor Surfacing


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> Jean Athey wrote:
> >
> > Don't want to ruin my new planer and jointer blades,
> > even though I'm excited about getting this "free"
> > hardwood. I can round up a metal detector for nails in
> > the maple flooring and have the table saw to cut off
> > the grooves, but gee. Based on Sam's response (and
> > thanks so much for it, Sam) would you folks tackle the
> > grit and gummy finish if you were given, say, ten
> > planks of this flooring, or would you pass? The maple
> > is probably lovely, but is it worth the planer/jointer
> > wear and tear?
> > Jean
>
> Jean,
>
> I suspect you will end up with some fairly narrow, less than 3/4" thick
wood for
> all your efforts.....Frankly, for the effort involved,  I would think
about
> getting some new wood rough from a sawmill, a full 2" thick by however
wide.  It
> will cost more, but one pass thru the jointer to flatten one side, then a
pass
> thru the planer to smooth the other side, and do both edges, and you will
have
> clean, large chunks of wood to work with.  I don't know how big a block
you are
> looking to glue up, but you would do a lot less glueing with a larger
chunk to
> start with!
>
> Vic H
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