Making Tongue And Groove Flooring From A Fallen Tree.

I show the processes to turn a fallen tree into valuable tongue and groove flooring. The log is white oak.
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[@HighTechnology9999]

This makes me really miss my dad... He passed away 2021 Christmas eve... I haven't stepped foot in his workshop since he died but I really think it's time to carry his word working stuff forward. This channel is really Inspiring.

[@FarmCraft101]

Thank you. Sorry about your dad.

[@davidpeterson5186]

You gain a lot of appreciation for all the work that goes into making lumber watching you make these boards. Nice work!

[@kevinchamberlain7928]

Timber is one of the finest gifts God gave to mankind. It is no wonder His Son was a professional carpenter His whole life (except for just over three years).

[@frankcoffey]

Love wood floors. I built my house 4 years ago and was pleasantly surprised the builder offered 3/4" red oak as an option. My wife and I wanted a zero carpet house so we had them do the wood everywhere except where there is tile in bathrooms and laundry, even the closet floors are oak. They did a hand scraped distress and dark cherry stain that just looks amazing. Never thought I could get a new home with floors like this.

[@netts2315]

Well, if the new house doesn't offer it, you could always tell the builders not to do the flooring and hire another contractor to do it! Probably a bit more expensive but well worth it in my opinion!

[@jpulle989]

Blue mineral tubs!!! Don't know how I ever lived without them. Getting ready to do tongue and groove pine planks and this gave me a good idea of what to expect. Great video!

[@kusterflattail]

Love the "ask me how I know this" . Teaching from actual experience, not from pseudo experience!! 👍🏻

[@DaveyBlue32]

Painting all your sides before the installation is definitely going to make an incredibly long lasting and beautiful project!

[@Hengry-hn7rb]

Love your wood shop , some people love watching football , basketball, etc. I love watching woodworkers build something in their wood shop.

[@twc9000]

Exactly. It's entertaining and I learn something watching this.

[@UniquelyUbiquitous-yg3xl]

EXACTLY! As I’ve gotten older I find it really weird how many men are OBSESSED with watching “kids”/boys play a game that they make millions from. You’re watching them livin’ their best lives and chasin’ their dreams and being pacified to do so. What we get from watching great channels like this is we actually get to really LEARN something. Gaining invaluable knowledge and also reach a deep state of relaxation, too.

[@sgtlind428]

What a process! Pretty impressive that you were able to take this from a log, to the sawmill, to the kiln, etc. all the way to a finished product. Not only are there a bunch of steps, but you did quite a stack of lumber each time. Really nice work on the milling process and on the video.

[@savage22bolt32]

I'd end up one board short when I went to do the floor.

[@andybilakshow260]

@@savage22bolt32 like me, I seldom make extra anything. It can and will come back and bite you one time or another.

[@joonlengng9192]

I didnt see any kiln here

[@carlgjr4434]

I also have a Woodmaster Planer. Mine is a 12 inch and about 35 years old. Works great...Now. I had trouble feeding and didn't feel comfortable with was on the table. I feared that the was would transfer to my wood and mess with the various finishes I use. My "fix" was purchasing a UHMW sheet for my particular planer from Woodmaster that fit my feed table. WOW, what a difference that made. I have had the UHMW sheet for about 1 year or so, and it is a real pleasure to use. No trouble with non-feeding at all now. Great video you have here. Thanks

[@coalminer6278]

Absolutely my favorite channel! You work the land and the materials that land produces as it should be. In this so called modern world where everyone wants what’s everything right then, at that moment, it’s really nice to see things being used, and created the way it was intended to be. Thanks for the paint tip, as well for the trim tip!! Just started a large trim project.

[@cheyannei5983]

SO glad to see you take your ear health seriously! So many people don't because "oh it's just noise" or because nobody else seems to, and then in their 50's they're stuck forever with crickets, whirring, and the "Huh? What?" routine! Enjoying music and movies becomes a struggle, and on. It's no way to live.

[@jimw6991]

Not sure how much time you have spent next to a planer but you would not want to be anywhere close without hearing protection. The other thing is he may need a respirator, most dust collectors don't get enough dust to make air safe to breathe. Lots of videos about woodworking shop safety.

[@marvincarvin1846]

Enjoyed the video. I have made mountains of sawdust, making custom flooring in my one-man shop. Here's a coupla ideas to consider. On the grove edge, if you quickly run it back thru the tablesaw and take 1/64-1/32 off of the bottom "tongue" only, it will insure that the top joint will always be tight as can be!. Also, you might consider making a plywood sled jig that rides in tablesaw t-slot with a coupla adjustable toggle clamps. This will make your one-edging operation super fast and super accurate. And you can do up to about 10' stock. I used to do this before I bought my 11' sliding table saw - yeah, I know - that is cheating!

[@idontthinkso666]

reducing the bottom half of the grooved side is the professional approach. That's how you buy if from the manufacturer.

[@junit483]

Just wanted to thank you for all the wisdom you've shared on this channel.

[@wesofalltrades]

Wow. It's so cool to see a fallen tree in the woods turned into so many useful things.

[@jimhammer2012]

You have a really nice shop with some great machines, unfortunatley most of us dont have that luxury....

[@Highstranger951]

I worked in a small molding shop for a few years making all types of molding, casing and flooring, we even made columns for a historic home out of tapered two ways tongue and groove strips. Really miss that job sometimes, learned a lot. We used wax on all the moulders and planers, it was in a block form.

[@cindymathisen9697]

Where do you live?

[@Highstranger951]

@@cindymathisen9697 eastern NC

[@CrimeVid]

I like the idea of cutting the bottom edge of the groove side a sixteenth short of the top edge, so you can get the top edges tight.

[@joh22293]

Nice. I have done this (make my own T&G) from rough-sawn raw-edge chestnut boards that I bought (dead cheap) from a local farmer (so not all the way from the tree, but that's as close as I will ever get). All I have is a DeWalt table-saw, a Metabo planer/thicknesser and a home-made router table (actually just the top, mounted on a workmate). It's lots of effort and I produced more sawdust than I have ever seen in my life XD. Also, the floor was for my new workshop so I had to do it all in the open air on temporary setups. What I did was put a straight-edge on each board first using the table-saw and a straight-edge jig... then through the planer and finally ran it all past the router with a T&G set. Very, very satisfying when I laid it. EDIT: I had the exact same problem running bowed boards through the router i.e. bowed boards can lift and your tongues and grooves can start wandering all over the place. Solved for the most part with a second feather-board after the cut and by paying attention and adding my weight on the board to help keep flat when it was necessary. Still didn't work always, some boards just don't want to be in your project!

[@tonyallen1953]

Nothing goes to waste Great video nice job.

[@Haezard]

12:45 made the video 10x better. I love the animals

[@christophersmith108]

Actually, as an experiment, your untreated porch floor was not, strictly speaking, a failure. Since an experiment seeks to answer a question, and the question being asked here "does my porch flooring need some sort of treatment to protect it?" has been answered, most emphatically "YES!", the experiment, as an experiment, was quite successful. I just wish my own experiments produced such clear results!

[@suryodayanthyagarajan9207]

I like how you put it.. really nice, very mature & 100% right about it.

[@gtbkts]

Exactly.

[@andybilakshow260]

it's still maintenance free. Success!

[@BonnieCarey]

Can you answer in more detail?

[@idontthinkso666]

Agreed--well said!

[@harrykeel8557]

Right now I am in the process of rounding up some pine that has been blown down or sawed down. I have a porch that needs repairing and it has younger and groove boards. This is extremely helpful.

[@beebob1279]

I'm part way through the same process as you. Almost two years ago I ended up have my mountain cherry trees taken down at the lake house. They had disease and had to go. I had a company come in and drop them. That's all they did. Eighteen trees for 1200 bucks. Not bad. They had to remove a few other trees that were in the way. I bought an Alaskan saw mill. The small one. I have a STIHL 18 inch saw. Somewhat under rated for doing so much milling. It made it though. Ended up with about 900 board foot of cherry. This summer I figure it's going to be as dry as it's going to get. It's been on the covered porch drying. I decided that it was going to be flooring in my two downstairs bedrooms. This summer I'll start milling as you did. My pieces are 8 foot and some are 11 foot. Dad was a wood shop teacher and built that home. The cabinets and some of the stairway is from the cherry on that property. Why waste a beautiful wood in the fireplace when it can be put to good use. My neighbor helped me with cutting the boards. We made a few three inch thick boards and he grabbed some for a project he's starting this summer as well. Neighbors helping neighbors is important to me. I'm hoping it all works out. I'm glad you mentioned to the width of the boards. I was going to go with about six inch to eight inch boards depending on what I could get away with. But cupping would be an issue. I'm waiting to see how your flooring project turns out.

[@savage22bolt32]

Sounds like it's going to be beautiful!

[@mikehodges6598]

I'm envious of the trees on your property. My property has mostly sweet gum (useless for woodworking), soft maple, and loblolly pine.

[@beebob1279]

@@mikehodges6598 We have some sweet gums also. Nice tree except for the 'gum balls' they drop. Hard on the feet.

[@JM-iy6wm]

You have a fantastic work ethic just like most of us in our 70s and 80s. I was a carpenter for over 45 yrs and we took pride in our work. If ewe had to stay a while after hrs to fix something we did and not count every minute, .we also learned from each other no matter your age.my favorite channel by far keep them coming PLEASE . GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS

[@bobbray9666]

I usually use a track saw to establish a straight edge, then I rip to my dimension before planing. I think this is quicker than jointing the edges and creates less saw dust than planing first, as you'd also be planing the stuff that will be cut away later. I also invested in a portable 1/4HP power feeder that attaches via magnets to my table saw and router that's build into my table saw. Not only is this safer than ripping many boards but also eliminates the start/stop dings when pushing long boards through as you adjust your grip when ripping.

[@beebob1279]

You must have a lot of room to have all that stuff.

[@johnsomerset1510]

@@beebob1279 No more room than the guy in the video.

[@idontthinkso666]

Yeah, a power feeder is wonderful when producing HUGE batches like this.

[@noahprice1250]

I really like when you get into explaining everything, most videos don’t do that. Thanks!!! Awesome video!

[@paulvanslyke3264]

Many years ago I built a straight edge table attached to one wall in the shop. Two by shelf. Two by four inch channel steel straight edge.Hold down clamps to secure lumber. Gauge block to adjust offset. Run router along channel to straighten the lumber edge. Sometimes reset a few times for larger defects. Easier to utilize than a jointer.

[@jeremyghunter]

I came here for the tongue and groove making because I don't want to pay for something I can make... I don't *need* to watch you milling but after spending eight months milling timber for a framing project I was involved in, I can sure appreciate it! Thanks for the great video*s*

[@tdn8247]

Really impressed by the work you put into this. The final result will be amazing, especially knowing the labor you had to put into it. Well done! Greetings from The Netherlands 🇳🇱

[@josephdewuhan]

I enjoy watching videos about how things are made DIY. Even with all the wood, machines, and the shop available, it is still a lot of work from what I can see.

[@paulkramer4176]

nicely done video. You do a good job explaining all the processes. I do my stock prep fairly similarly. But a couple suggestions: 1. with a board that's got edges that are not fairly straight..I always run it thru the table saw first. Saves multiple passes on the jointers, and saw blades are easier to sharpen and change than jointer knives. Wish I had a SLR, (straight line rip) but even without, with skill, and a little longer fence or guide, you can do a decent job such that then it is only one pass on the jointer. additionally in watching your jointer, it appeared that you were putting pressure on the in-feed bed most of the run thru of the board. Probably works ok for you, but you should try putting most of the pressure on the OUT-FEED side once the board has progressed thru the head enough so that the out-feed table is covered. The idea of a jointer is that you don't have a reference flat edge until the board has passed over the knives. On one of my jointers I put on a power feeder on the outfeed side, really makes it easy, just like your planer, just have to feed it far enough that the feeder wheels grab the board. makes an especially nice cut then. anyway, great video.

[@johnstack4316]

I ran 5800 last ft of larch/tamarack several years ago for flooring. 4,6,8 inch wide, I milled it to 1 1/8 thick air dried it for a year with tons of stickers and sealed the ends with a wax that's made for that. Since the tamarack is not as hard as oak or hickory my final thickness was 7/8 inch with the tongue and groove in the regular spot. I figured an extra 1/8 inch on the finished side would give an extra 100 years of use to this floor. Great video on your part, it is very time consuming inspecting each board. But worth it for gorgeous finished product. I had a couple of of advantages over your process. First I had a power matic power feeder that I could put on my table saw or my 5 hp shaper. Not having to push the wood thru by hand was awsome. Second I had a power matic planer with the helical head on it. I want the planer moulder you have so I can do window and door casement and crown mounding. But that helical head planer kicks ass and its 1/2 as loud as a regular planer. Bottom line I bought a used shaper, jointer and new planer and paid for them with the value of the flooring I made. I figured the 5800 ln ft of tamarack flooring I made retails for $16,000 it's beautiful and hard to find. I bought all the above tools plus really nice Freeborn cutters for the shaper and lots of misc. Small tools. On the wider boards I ran them thru the shaper and put relief grooves in the bottom. Great video on doing flooring yourself.

[@generaldisarray]

Awesome job. 19:03 shout out to the man, the legend, the one and only, Norm "Safety Glasses" Abram... "And remember this. There is no more important safety rule, than to wear THESE... your safety glasses"

[@ParisCarpentry1971]

You are very crafty, courageous and patient! I learned a lot watching you do all this! You are definitely skilled! What a sense of accomplishment one gets out of doing this!

[@gebiete]

This guy lives every garage DIYer's dream life

[@KDesignTek]

Thank you for taking the time to put this video together. It's going to help me out in my upcoming flooring project.

[@JesusUruchurtu1]

Great stuff man, thanks for sharing. I have a coffee farm down in Mexico and I'd love to have you down here one day (on the house of course!) it's a very old hacienda with old equipment and I think your input would be very valuable. So if you're ever in the mood for a trip down to Xalapa Veracruz to visit a coffee plantation and share some wisdom over coffee and mezcal, let me know!.

[@DC_DC_DC_DC]

Awesome

[@andjuju6476]

You have incredible patience to do so much detailed work on each board knowing you have to repeat the process 1000 times.

[@paulmonk7820]

Finally! Someone using featherboards!

[@MrAwsomeshot]

I remember watching that router table plan/build with my grandfather who was a carpenter and cabinet maker.

[@OlafoWaffle]

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[@bradenwalbeck9556]

Running a planer with gloves is how my grandpa lost his fingertips

[@jamieevans3666]

at my work i never even heard of some of this fancy stuff like a feather board and ive sent plenty of planks through a router, learnt some neat things today thanks

[@jonathanfrain1803]

An extremely under rated channel! (for now at least). Not only do you have a high skill set and resources for a number of different trades, but you have excellent teaching skills as well which makes you different than a lot of other channels in this category. Keep up the good work!

[@viqq183]

How is he underrated?

[@bosweg10]

I realy like your calm and clear way of talking us through the proces.

[@drumaganger]

I grew up on an acreage in Iowa and we had 2-300 chickens a year. They would have LOVED those shavings. I would love to have a shop that large. I’ll settle with my 2-car garage and my Shopsmith. I really like your Jointer explanation.

[@XARITAKLAS]

You should buy a pellet machine and transform all dust into pellet b class . You can sell it also or buy a pellet stove for the winter

[@danielseverson9565]

It all depends on profitability! Sale's vs Overhead costs. If he would buy the machines for himself or for sale he would have to maintain a level of output very hard for a 1 man shop. Yes it sounds great to do. But not so easily achieved in reality.

[@sparksmcgee6641]

He's got a boiler he can just toss the sawdust into. No pellets needed.

[@ericwanderweg8525]

Nice comprehensive video. I came across a glut of dead American chestnut recently and wanted to try this. This definitely got me pointed in the right direction.

[@DaveyBlue32]

I think you’re my new hero buddy!!! Kick ass shop and projects and production!!! You rock dog!!!!

[@Disinterested1]

Whether playing with it or using the paste Johnson's are underrated in the modern world!! have a great day best wishes to you and family thanks for sharing :):)

[@jimamccracken5783]

That is a awesome workshop. But you need all those tools to do what you do. I consider you very knowledgable in what you do. So glad I found your channel.

[@joshuahasson9687]

Love those old stone steps out back. Not the most practical but they are gorgeous & look to be a part of a long history.

[@sachin.c1211]

thanks for explaining and demonstrating the difference between a jointer and planner! Ive watched many channels and it seems that its assumed the difference is known!

[@cmw184]

I love working with white oak. Fantastic wood

[@marct2124]

Beautiful work, and so many great tips! Many thanks for sharing. Recently found out that white oak is rot resistant unlike red oak.

[@bradhafichuk]

Love this kind of content. Thanks for sharing. Also the call out to Norm was a nice throwback too.

[@oakwoods79]

I like this content. When I build my shop I'm going to figure out how to collect my saw dust into an ibc tote and use my tractor and pallet forks to move the harvested sawdust to my compost pile!

[@jamesfox8930]

ah those close up jointer shots are so satisfying

[@yemiajala5364]

Thanks for shearing .. I really got a lot of information from dis. I never thought you don't have to use a jointer to get it flat. Thanks for the tip God bless.

[@FlyChoppers]

I really enjoyed this video. I have a sawmill and was looking for a way to turn my lumber into flooring. Thank you!!!

[@scbckc]

My morning coffee with a Farm Craft video. What could be better?

[@highlandergunn9240]

I've always liked knots, they add character. ☺

[@tomcrank8701]

This is a great video! I'm just learning the sawmill and will be making an interior floor (I hope) out of Cherry. I'm familiar with the process you video, but I'm still learning. Thank you for such a great tutorial!

[@errolbrown3025]

Thank you. Really enjoyed watching the full process.

[@inspectr1949]

Adding a helical cutter head to your planer and picking up a shaper with a power feeder would make this task much more efficient with better results.

[@Adamski727]

Amazing! Love your setup with the machines and I’m totally envious of your workshop. And the amount of work involved in getting that tree into individual pieces of board ready for usage, explains the cost of solid hardwood floors. Really enjoy your videos!

[@leifhietala8074]

I saw your router table and thought, "huh, that looks familiar. Didn't Norm make one like that?" And then you mentioned NYW. Made me smile. Nice shop. I like the big outdoor boiler too.

[@jasonvandergriff7809]

the Norm Abrams router table you built is awesome! I'm going to build one like it too once my new shop is done.

[@lilliekelly3406]

Thanks for the lesson. That is going to be a pretty floor. I didn't know there was such a thing as linseed paint.

[@darrenkaukau6318]

Awesome work love watching creative people who take pride in their skills and tools

[@lucaszapico926]

Just found the channel! Thank you for the video! I really appreciate how straight you explain the challenges here.

[@robertmccully2792]

Talented,hard worker, resourceful guy.

[@genegreear4183]

Very good job. I also really like your shop. I had a commercial shop when I was younger. One thing you might like in your shop are carts. I welded them out of thick walled one inch square stock. I had a lot of sink cutouts from a local Formica dealer. He just gave them away. So I made the carts to fit them. They were just under 24” long and about 14” deep. Another thing I did was make stakes for the top about two foot long. That gave me something to stake the boards against. I couldn’t find square stock to fit inside the stakes. So I just used round pipe which worked just find. There was another shelf just above the wheels. That gave me twice the area to stack on. On your router table you could have both carts at the same end of the table. Take off of one table and stake on the empty one. One other thing, I did too much work for a router table. I had a Powermatic Shaffer and also a Grizzly. I made all my own molding by just using high speed steel blades that I would buy 12” long and cut then grind and to and shape I wanted. The holders held four blades each. Then turned really fast. I had very little burn but both of them were five hours and hooked up three phase . There was just no stop in them. I also used a trash can under my cyclone with wheels under it. I used bags. I would just roll it out from under the cyclone, tie the bag up. Then by laying the trash can on it’s side. The bag would come right out and stacked till the end of the day. When they went into a dumpster. My shop was in town. Good luck. I realize shops are always revolving. Your away ahead of most of them. I can also tell you like the work. My whole career, I never felt like I ever worked. I enjoyed it that much. Later

[@RuralRevolution]

A lot of work and patience. Good for you. Nice video. Thanks for sharing.

[@keithhaycraft3765]

Post WW11 in Australia lots of building materials were in short supply. Home builders would wait for a man selling fibro (A.C. sheeting) from the back of a truck and more than one backyard tree was felled and milled for fixout timbers (door jambs, architraves & skirting.) On top of that, neighbours, family members and friends all pitched in to get jobs around the house & motor car done. Despite the difficulties associated with materials & money shortages, communities were great places to be, very friendly and supportive.

[@mr19471985]

Enjoyed your experience with the t and g. It is not forgotten, thanks

[@adroid1127]

I subbed the moment I saw you explaining how the plainer works - never used one. Love the way you explain. All the best form Poland!

[@ThisMFINGuy]

havent been watching much but everytimr i enjoy you stuff! been doing my own

[@steveskouson9620]

Saw your SawStop. I'm going to be building one, next Monday. 1.75 HP Professional, with the 52 inch rails. Haven't built one for almost a month! Usually do 2 or 3 a week. steve

[@rce2553]

Who needs an out feed table, when you have two table saws back to back. Nice work!

[@shlomoelmaliah5136]

Wow,one of the best. It is great that you notice all the details Quality work, impressive process you done from log to the finished floor.

[@williamwalters3796]

7:09 “Hold your breath” lol just like my table saw dust collection with a shop vac, hold your breath for every cut!

[@bendenisereedy7865]

Fascinating video, thank you from the Scottish Highlands!

[@andymink9606]

Wow good for you man. I was considering doing this but this makes the store stuff look cheap. Wish I had your skill and patience.

[@austinadventure]

Brings back cool memories of when i worked for a custom stair and railing company, making flooring for the landings was a neat process to learn. But that dust collector hold you breath scene really had me holding mine haha. I definitely do not miss climbing up into the dust collector tower and emptying it/ smacking the filter bags to knock the stuck dust down and out of them. Thanks for these videos, you do an exceptional job!!

[@travisandtracyjacobs6198]

What a lot of work and an adventure. The porch boards came out great. I really liked the floor you put in your home as well. I bet you are proud.

[@Drmcclung]

Lubricating his big deck surface with Johnson wax, love it!!

[@lindsaythomas2283]

Thats a lot of work/process. Very nice finished t & g lumber !!

[@369dusty]

First time viewer and I am impressed. You are to the point, explain everything thoroughly and there is no nonsense. Your voice is perfect for narration ! I am on board !

[@timeless6964]

Everything, Excellent Information!!.....You Are Almost, A Perfectionist!!.....Great Work!!!

[@charlesreed1207]

I love your router table. I built the same router table from Norm Abram's plan!

[@joshrossow2094]

Dude! How do you have time for everything? Your house, shop and property are all so well kept. That takes a lot of time. Not to mention having time to do projects. Great video

[@WalterBurton]

Haha! That yellow and red can. Table sawyer's best friend. Awesome video, as usual. 🌲🌲🌲

[@MikkaJo]

I watched this with great pleasure. Nice shop and even better skills :) Thanks for sharing !!!!

[@isJudgingYou]

I have never seen a wood boiler before. I wish I could throw tree trunks in my wood stove tho! LOL

[@JustineDodd]

I was already totally engrossed, then you featured a baby mookie! Awww.... now, back to the wood...

[@paulkurilecz4209]

Thank you. I learned a few things. I may have to do the same with the timber on my land.

[@jatcod24sci]

As a model builder I use smaller pieces and dimensions of lumber so I almost cried when you put your "scrap" in the boiler.

[@Mashmans]

Great to hear about linseed oil paint.

[@garydavo07]

Jointers are the coolest things for woodworking