Popular Post BadBob Posted June 7, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 7, 2022 One of my neighbors threw out a large pile of 2x2 foot flooring samples. I took some home to try. The vinyl samples were horrible to cut. The problem was with the glued-on padding. The glue was soft and gooey and mixed in with sawdust, and smeared all over the edges. However, some laminated (plywood) hardwood samples were lightly glued onto a 1/4-inch hardboard backing. I cut this cross from one of the panels. The backing came off while I was cutting, and I used tape to keep it together. I wound up with two crosses: one plywood and one hardboard. You can see the seams where I glued the tongue and groove panels together. After gluing, I put the cross on a nonstick surface and put two five-pound weights on top to hold it together and flat. I used two Pegas #3 MGT blades to cut this. It cuts much as I would expect from baltic birch plywood. The photo is not very good. I had never photographed a cross before. Fish, Tbow388, RabidAlien and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak0ta52 Posted June 8, 2022 Report Share Posted June 8, 2022 Very clean cutting, Bob. Great job! I've got a couple of boxes of hardwood floor panels and haven't even thought of trying them. After seeing your piece, I'll have to give it a try. BadBob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted June 8, 2022 Report Share Posted June 8, 2022 Looks great, well done. Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted June 8, 2022 Report Share Posted June 8, 2022 very nice job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadBob Posted June 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2022 11 hours ago, Dak0ta52 said: Very clean cutting, Bob. Great job! I've got a couple of boxes of hardwood floor panels and haven't even thought of trying them. After seeing your piece, I'll have to give it a try. I did a lot of reading posts on cutting flooring. Some flooring will eat blades, but the experiences were mixed. I decided that I would have to try it and see how it worked. If it cost me a few blades to figure this out, so be it. Dak0ta52 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadBob Posted June 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2022 I think I have this figured out: I glue as many patterns as will fit on the flooring sample. Roughly cut them using a coarse blade designed for scrolling in thick wood. Tape the two layers together and cut the outside of the cross with a Pegas #3 MGT blade, taping as I go because if there are no pin nails, they will move. Find and remove any pin nails that I haven't hit already. Once the flooring is separated from the backing, I pop the tongue and groove joints apart, add glue and clap them together. At this point, I don't need the back piece, but I want to experiment with painting them, so I tape, drill, and cut like I would for any stack cut. ChelCass and Gene Howe 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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