I decided to use ash for the floor because it s lighter color.
Trees to make hardwood floors.
Would it be possible to have someone make wood flooring from some of these trees.
How to make a wood floor from raw wood.
A perfect project for this idea is to make a hardwood floor with wood from locally grown trees.
More than half of hardwood harvested domestically is oak that grows from new england to the midwest.
I have about 2000 square feet to do.
Also imports quite a bit of exotic hardwood like mahogany rosewood teak and wenge which typically grow in more tropical regions like brazil and indonesia.
Send them through the gang saw and have them ripped a full half inch wider than the size flooring you want.
Cordwood construction cordwood construction is a technique dating back many years where the builders use fallen trees or logs cut from logged trees.
Russian olive wood is probably the most distinctive being almost chocolate colored it is a very beautiful wood.
Take the hardwood tree to the saw mill to have them cut down into rough planks.
Most saw mills.
After building the sawmill i decided to make some ash flooring for my house.
There are three common hardwood trees in northeast montana they are the ash the siberian elm and the russian olive.
There are a few trees here and there that have fallen due to storms age etc.
In this particular project wood logs are sliced 1 thick and are being positioned to create the most beautiful natural hardwood floor i ve ever seen.
This room was only 250 sq ft.
This needs to be cut to 1 1 8 inch thick.