I Swore I'd Never Make Flooring Again | Home Renovation & Addition Part 50

[@Aaron-nj4ou]

Thank you Matt for proving to me that I never want to make my own flooring. Great work.

[@degrom542]

I was holding my breath when you first turned on that machine seeing that you left one of the wrenches on the top edge . I heard a small clang not the fireworks I was expecting when the wrench vibrated onto the floor. That was a close one Matt .

[@andrewross5978]

That was my same reaction when watching him turn the machine on with that wrench sitting on the edge...wow that could have ended very badly.

[@Priapos93]

Thanks for clearing that up! I heard a sound like a wrench hitting the floor, but since no awful grinding noises ensued, I forgot about it.

[@rjcunningham-ym3mi]

Nice work Matt!…As a wood floor pro, I definitely can appreciate the work that goes into this! 2 things you may want to consider… •Endmatching, We only install floor boards that have all sides milled with a tongue and groove. This will help with squeaks and height differences as the humidity in your home adds or removes moisture. If you are looking to forgo that step because lack of tooling, I would for sure look to glue assist the flooring with a silane based flooring adhesive as well as nail. It’s common nowadays to glue assist any boards over 4”. •Also with regard to the white oak dust dispersion, It may add a lot of tannic-acid to the ground sometimes not allowing things to grow or killing surrounding vegetation. Food for thought. Anyway I look forward to seeing the project come together in the coming weeks and months!

[@danscrima]

Having just installed hardwood in my downstairs, I was definitely curious about the tongue/groove on the ends as well.

[@jamescampbell7780]

What machine does the end tonguing and grooving? You need to get out feed rollers, Matt!

[@RedBudRed]

Dude. So epic. You never cease to amaze me with your audacity to take on exceedingly epic projects.

[@mcremona]

🙌🙌

[@mikelskelley]

Love your videos, I was having palpitations when you started up and you left tools on the side, 🫣🫣🫣🫣I’m looking forward to seeing the flooring finished, I do love a wood floor over laminate or vinyl

[@nancygorman]

Agree

[@mwilliamshs]

@@mikelskelley why does it matter what type of flooring the wood floor is over?

[@robertpenn2152]

@@mwilliamshs I think he’s saying he prefers wood floors to the others, not “on top of” necessarily

[@Donnie9by5]

There must be three or four of you with all the work and knowledge you demonstrate in every video! I admire your work ethic!

[@18robsmith]

Matthew demonstrates the art of reducing "big" bits of timber into loads of shavings and smaller bits of perfectly formed timber 🙂

[@1320crusier]

"How to create.fuel for your wood burning stove" is an alternate title...lol

[@TheBigburcie]

​@@1320crusier I was thinking the end cuts would make great smoking chips and the sawdust could be compressed into pellets for a Traeger. Of course, fireplace starter and garden mulch works too.

[@1320crusier]

@@TheBigburcie wood chips and saw dust eat up a LOT of nitrogen during the decomposition process.

[@JamesWilliams-en3os]

I had no idea how much waste is involved in milling rough lumber to final S4S until I bought my Oliver thickness planer and began milling my own. Matt just took it up a couple hundred times bigger here. Mulch for the pine trees!!

[@boooshes]

The nice thing about flooring is that once you have everything set up to mill and install at peak efficiency, it still takes forever.

[@thomaswade578]

Watching this makes me appreciate the 5 head moulder I run at work. Much easier and quicker to set up and make adjustments. Good job Matt!

[@barstad-9591]

Your knowledge of machinery never ceases to amaze me. It’s just not in my wheelhouse. But I do think you could benefit from an outfeed table.

[@nickhettelsater4769]

I think 14 hours set up time is actually pretty good all things considered. New machine, you had to align everything and teach yourself, not bad at all. I'm sure if you did a dozen different set ups, you would have the time down to less than 2 hours. Good job.

[@stingray427man]

Next up, Matt buys a pellet press to turn his wht oak sawdust into functional pellet grill fuel

[@kypass]

And/Or he makes his own sheets of mdf

[@stingray427man]

@@kypass whatever is more valuable and less cost to make. Formula something like a P/E ratio

[@mlt6322]

Never underestimate the work of an engineer. Back in 86 the 2nd of 3 times when I first worked Ford. They sent me to school to train on the SC Continental with the turbo BMW diesel engine. They had a hydro-boost master-cylinder that had such tight tolerances that if you disassembled it you couldn't fit it together because of temp changes between parts, you had to put inside parts in the freezer to fit them together every time you had to put another part inside another. It took days to assemble 1 master cylinder. And the engine was even worse because BMW doesn't waste anything and every bearing in the motor could be a different size and took 6 months to rebuild if you didn't have a selection of different parts in stock. You even had to use a micrometer to decide which of 3 different head gaskets to use or have major compression problems when done. If you ever decide to change professions the word could use someone like you to teach in a way anyone can understand, your the Neil deGrasse Tyson of woodworking.

[@theweddingdepartment]

Never say never! Like that 4 wheel drive fork lift. We used to rent them for installing signs. Incredibly useful and cheap to rent back in the day.

[@markfrye9178]

An amazing amount of engineering that went into that shaper. Amazing.

[@aaronwarner2762]

Snow blower..... flippin' genius man!!!! Thanks for showing (and telling .... 14 hour set up) that machinery is not simply plug and play. The product is only as good as the woodworker is smart. Hence the reason I own no such equipment. Keep rockin' it man!!!

[@1AMJED1]

Amazing! Can't wait to see how the floors look when installed. I laughed so hard at the snowblower sequence to spread the sawdust. Genius!

[@butchfishlock5684]

Just amazing perseverance . I saw on another woodworking show where the sawdust was fed and I believed compressed into balls and sold for starter wood. Making money on waste, what a concept.

[@billvandorn5332]

Just think, when you're almost through with your project, (your home) you will have so much pride and respect not just with your accomplishments but for the home itself. Almost anybody can build a house but you're creating a home with Dignity & Respect, Character. I am most happy for you! I had not watched your videos in a while and did not know you had children. Congratulations

[@OldsmobileCutlass1969Va]

I'm absolutely amazed at what can be accomplished with having the right tools! I can't even imagine doing something like that just using a router table... At probably 3-4 times longer. I'm so happy to be back onto the remodel! It seems like forever ago since we've been in your house.

[@lou9108]

Matt. Great video as always you do extreme attention to detail. Matt and Andy should be jumping for joy to have you set up and dial in their machine. For all your time I think they came out the winners for the loan of the shaper.

[@philipdiehl9849]

I agree.

[@mr19471985]

I thought I would like to be a high end wood worker in my day, but after seeing what it takes to get the quality, I will enjoy seeing you doing the hard work and produce the great work you do. Thanks I now have a new perspective in wood working.

[@richardcary978]

Great to see a shop being used to actually create projects. Great job Matt. Thanks for sharing!

[@WayneT51]

Well done young fella For years to come you'll look down and say to yourself "I made that" 👍 Greetings from down under. 🇦🇺

[@trishblakely3476]

I demand an edge-jointing timelapse set to the Benny Hill soundtrack. 😂 This is going to make the most gorgeous floor, Matt. Can’t wait to see the install!

[@ohasis8331]

One for Benny

[@irakopilow9223]

WOW! I never knew that even with this specialized machine you had to put in so much work to set, check and fiddle. You must be very proud of doing all of that yourself.

[@aeynosarturii8053]

Matt, regardless of what you are doing in your videos, you have a way of taking the viewer along with you on the journey, through the visuals and your narration. I never want to make flooring, or put steel roofing on a roof. I never wanted to, but living vicariously through your expiriences has reinforced those thoughts while being thoroughly entertained. I love your video style, and watch everything you put out because of your delivery and consistently good production. I know it takes a lot of work. Thanks much, can't wait to see the finished house (I know you cant wait for it to be finished). PS I am almost surprised you didn't start a business making artisanal MDF with all that sawdust.

[@elainedegoede6276]

This makes me appreciate wood floors more. Did not realize the processes you have to go through to get to the beautiful shinning floors. Was good to watch, thank you Matt.🥰

[@gslope1]

Dude you have so much more patience than me with all that calibration. Beautiful work!

[@mcremona]

Thanks!

[@TedAlexander24]

Probably the most interesting video I have seen in a long time. Pretty glad I caught a lot of your Instagram posts before watching. I like that the feed is variable on that machine. Looking forward to watching the actual floor install video.

[@Gingin7321]

You are So Amazingly Smart! You should be making those machines instead of using them. And you make it seem so simple the way you explain it. You are by far the most extremely intelligent person on KZbin, and my favorite channel. ❤️😍

[@philipdiehl9849]

I totally agree with that. Grandpa Jack

[@erics7712]

A lot of work but worth it. In colonial days all the flooring was room length or stopped at a chosen point and the next length butted up in a straight line. Seeing this pattern 250 years later, people mistakenly thought that a wall must have been removed at some point in the homes past. As for the joints, each board was either a tongue board or a groove board and they could flip he boards end for end to keep a relatively perpendicular pattern. They did this to maximize yield of boards that were hand planed and hand jointed so that parallelism wasn’t needed. Brilliant.

[@bearbon2]

I really like your sawdust dispersal method. Brilliant!

[@markarmstrong2592]

That is a awesome piece off kit. Great job Matt regards from N Ireland

[@Priapos93]

I was amazed by the way you figured out how to operate that machine, down to the finicky details! I don't feel sure that I could do that by myself, even while reading the instructions.

[@GregsGarage]

I need to watch these videos in the morning BEFORE I work all day... I'm exhausted just seeing how much work this was!!! As with anything, hard work always pays off. You're going to have a beautiful floor.

[@Jammer.1]

If i just lived in the back yard i could grabbed a chair and sat on the outside and stacked for you & could cut some the walking down for you plus it gave me something better to do then just laying around watching all the youtube videos ! But i'm at least 6-8 hours drive from you in indiana !

[@dougpark1025]

Many years ago I helped my brother set up an old production planer, I think from the late 1800's. It was surprisingly similar to this one, except it was driven by flat belts and was a lot bigger. We ended up driving it with a V8 engine. I liked your creative dispersal of the planer shavings. That looks like some really nice flooring.

[@dennisleadbetter7721]

Hi Matt, I have a mate who has large 4 sider machines that have 5 or 6 heads for additional processes when needed, and run at something like 80 metres per minute. He has a large chip extraction unit with a 64 cu metre collection bin, and when doing a large run, has the chip removal man on standby to empty the bin, go away and dump it and come back for the next. So I am not surprised at your chip collection. To keep up with that processing speed, he has two operators, one feeding and one taking off and stacking and a facility that allows the stacks adjacent to feed in and exit and forklift access to bring in new packs of timber and remove the dressed. Doing that sort of work is hard work, timber is not light and having to move it any distance just slows the process down. I am also sure that is possibly the heaviest load your workbench has ever supported. In relation to your comment about having a small gap between the meeting faces of the T&G joint, that is also done to ensure a tight top joint, because in areas that are heated boards will shrink, and show a gap, having the top side of the joint tighter than the lower minimises that problem. If the lower side is not in a heated/dry area, it can swell and make the top potentially open up as well. The V joint doesn't really achieve what you need to counter those issues and is used more where the lower face is visible for aesthetic purposes. Look forward to seeing the finished floor installed.

[@brucewilliamsstudio4932]

Matt, nobody can accuse you of lacking perseverance! Although I will never make my own flooring, it was super interesting seeing you work through this for the first time. Second, it's amazing how much sawdust you collected from that effort! Finally, a question.... will you be running those through a planer again? It looks like there are some rough spots.

[@MBFavazza]

Doing your own tongue and groove is so cool. Can't wait to see the floor installation.

[@RookieLock]

Wow, that was awesome Matt. What a cool machine. Thanks for taking us along and showing us how it works.

[@DavidLeeKersey]

I work in a wood mill and that moulder is a small version of our machines. Many of our machines have multible top and bottom heads and run much much faster. What took you 11 hours to run one of our moulders could have probably done in about an hour or less.

[@judithfairchild8620]

You're a perfectionist. Which is good,!!!!!!!

[@dansarfert3585]

I'm exhausted by just watching you hustle through. This flooring undertaking of yours so far exceeds the patience level I have any longer. Just amazing!

[@MattLitkeRacing]

I can understand the feeling taking so long to get the work started. But once it’s done you’ll have something nobody else does. That’s cool to me

[@fredflickinger643]

Great methodology! Love seeing a tree going to good use! And oh, the creative saw dust dispersal!

[@FrankTheTank417]

You should make a hydraulic wood chip press and make your own compressed wood logs with all those dust chips. It’s been proven that pressed logs, burn cleaner and much longer than regular firewood. Especially being that you live in a very cold climate.

[@geraldanania8081]

I thought stickers were alway suppose to be stacked right on top od one another. But regardless and interesting look at that machine. Once again your issues make me feel better about my wood issues. Redoing a small dust collection system and getting frustrated with adapters that I think will fit and companies not clarifying the id and OD . DAmmn. Great job I bet someone is getting anxious to see floor down. Watching this build and your barn reminded me of when my friends and I built a camp in the Adirondacks almost 50 years a go. 3800 sq ft 2 story with full cellar. We did everything except the edxcavation.. Coukd have used the teehandler for some of that work, . Stick built our truasses one friend was an engineer. Cut the sticks on the ground passed them up two stories and put them on a template for nailing. 36-36 2 story section on one side A 24 by 36 great room on the other end. Great room all knotty pine top to bottom oak flooring. 24 high peaked catheral ceiling with 8 by 14 pine beams.Transport the beam about 100 miles with pickup. Manpower lift and walls chained to cars until we could get ties in. Front made from granite blasted out of a major highwat, Surprising most about 6 - 8 inches thick some on otside of fiireplace are 2 x 3 , Inside 12 ft fireplace with same granite but smaller pieces, and a granite wall behind a pot belly stove on the opposite wall. The structure still in great shape 50 years later. Your process reminded me of so many things. Did on weekends for two years.

[@thomastieffenbacherdocsava1549]

I remember you installing flooring in the old house. You've come a long way kiddo! Great to see your steady evolution.

[@donaldadams5342]

How interesting was that! Fascinating as I have never seen flooring produced. Great work & thanks for sharing. I have watched many of your videos in the past but always been interrupted towards the end & never gotten around to joining up. I am a disabled former Senior Master of Art (teaching) from South Australia & enjoy watching videos involving working with wood as wood sculpture was my main field of teaching. Cheers, Don from South Aust.

[@ta3355]

You’re the Man, as usual! Thanks for the excellent video. Well done!

[@torstenselle]

I laid 260 square feet of brick flooring last year. used stones individually cleaned by hand. I'll never do it again. looks great.

[@kllisk]

Wow! That saw dust needs to be made into biochar ! And great job setting up the machine and running all that lumber through. BIOCHAR

[@WireWeHere]

At 15:10 the recommendation to snug down the knife adjusters is to help prevent the knives from emulating a motorized scary-go-round launching offspring projectiles in their preferred straight line through time and space at the parent controlling the RPM sort of thing.

[@thomasweller1321]

Thanks for taking us on this adventure. I've done some of this building of my own house, but never made the flooring. I enjoy these greatly.

[@rogerdudra178]

I had to do the same thing to my Ridgid planer/jointer when I moved it from Phoenix to Lewistown, Mt. I even read the 'User Manual'.

[@kbaker7430]

Holy cow, Matt you wear me out just watching. I installed hardwood flooring in my home 30 years ago and now know what it took for me to get the lumber to do it. WOW>

[@1956vern]

That’s a awesome machine! Lots of setup and trouble shooting but if you were in the business and used it all the time, it would be very useful! Thanks, epic! Your floors will be awesome!

[@jeffreygatrall]

THANK YOU!!! - for the diagrams and explanation. I was able to follow and comprehend without difficulty.

[@robertpearson8546]

Your videos are worth watching multiple times. I would like to see another "Day in the Woods". Please make a video of just a bandsaw mill cutting wood. No speed up, please. I would use it for autohypnosis induction.

[@fritzfratz9773]

You have come a long way since I last watched one of your videos (your old shop) you have a nice set up now! I’ll start watching again!!

[@robertr4193]

Looks like it worked pretty well once you got the finicky set up done and dialed in. Once step closer to installing the boards as flooring.

[@clemsilvernail4767]

Nice job Matt, can’t wait till the Install!

[@steveward8070]

I watched every minute of it with great amazement.

[@dmwi1549]

Wow, talk about a good argument for why flooring costs what it does. Now you’re an expert on another complicated tool and you’ve shown the tool owners what it take for proper setup. That will be appreciated I’m sure.

[@BigFatTonys]

38:59 You need a saw dust pellet making machine. Heating fuel for a couple winters for each room of flooring.

[@philipdiehl9849]

Thanks for taking us along on this fabulous trip. You are a blessing to me. Grandpa Jack

[@vincesalzer9855]

You have an amazing wife to be putting up with a year long remodel...and your hair is all laying down and behaving!!!!😀😄

[@philipdiehl9849]

Lol

[@TheRealPSKilla502]

41:20 Glad you had the machine off when you were reaching in here, although the sound of the vacuum in the background had me a little concerned

[@kevinandreoli3176]

Hey! Matt does woodworking as well as building! Who knew? 😀

[@leswheeler2023]

The first thing I noticed when you started the machine, was how much the the sound of the planer sounded like Flash Gordons space ship, what a memory to have a flash back from!!!

[@MrShekoexile]

I did about 200 sf of tongue in groove Siberian Elm flooring for a playroom with a portable DeWalt 12" planer and a Porter Cable router mounted on a 10" Delta shop saw. It wasn't the easiest way to do it but it came out nice. I let it acclimate for a year, then I French polished the floor after installation. Down to 0000 steel wool 😁. My son learned to crawl and walk on that floor.

[@DovetailTimberworks]

Awesome, great job! Glad you got those knives turned around! Love the sawdust management strategy!

[@mcremona]

Thanks!!

[@mattpeterson7074]

Flat out awesome. An epic project that should look amazing once you are done.

[@mcremona]

Thanks Matt!

[@normanschillerstrom1226]

Thank you Matt for sharing, that is quite an undertaking for sure. It brought back memories of when I worked at a moulding plant running a big moulder. Miss those days.

[@dennisworkmansr.714]

You show a lot of patience on camera, How is it off camera. Old saying the patience of Job, just watching wears on my patience, I can imagine with you. I guess this is a compliment on what I'm thinking your patience is.

[@countrylifetales2700]

🤣 I said the word 'patience' a couple of times watching this video. He sure doesn't mind these big projects that's for sure. Patience is the only word that seems suitable.

[@lucdaigle2394]

All that sawdust is a great resource for for growing mushrooms, turn waste into food. We get sawdust from a nearby flooring mill for our mushroom blocks.

[@1834RestorationHouse]

It was great to see you making floorboards again!

[@eddieforce2341]

Absolutely amazing. You are one floor making Dude.

[@hermannstraub3743]

Was screaming at my screen as you had the left Cutterhead in backwards AND the cutters in there backwards too. Am reliefed you sorted that out at last.

[@mcremona]

Yep. Lots to learn

[@montymcmullen3926]

I noticed that too.

[@rhondasweeney7271]

This is an amazing journey with you making your own flooring, this has been very enlightning. You do awesome work I can hardly wait to see what the final ending will be

[@neilforbes1082]

Great attention to detail Matt I think your floor will be sensational

[@mcremona]

Thanks!

[@johnnation713]

Awesome Matt, I can’t wait to see the transformation of that room! If you should need any help with cabinets or anything else please feel free, I too have my own shop and watch you do your thing all the time. Have a great one Matt and family😊👍

[@CorwinBos]

Awesome work, and well worth it. The quality you will get out of your flooring is well above what 95% of the stuff you can buy is. As someone who has made a ton of V grooved tongue and groove for wall paneling with a jointer, planer, table saw and a router? That machine is an absolute beast. Once setup? What a time saver.

[@lucvidon1740]

What a work ! Thank you Matt for this very interesting video . 👍👍😁

[@pooterball]

Great work on everything. Not just the wood. The information you present and how you present it is entertaining and informative. I really enjoy your productions. Thank you.

[@bryancunningham1095]

Mat great video, I was think that the wood mizer planer/molder/shaper would have been a great addition to your business at least the future. So many new houses going up could charge a pretty penny creating their hardwood floors for what they are paying for these new houses would think it would be a viable option, if I where building I would take great pride in having a solid wood hardwood floor. Thanks for you video.

[@alanblasczyk1779]

Matt, I am very Impressed with your ability. Great job !

[@kevinrecoskie519]

You sir have a lot of patience and a tremendous work ethic.

[@philipdiehl9849]

Matt, you have an awsome ability to sort out problems as you go through complex mechanical set up. I'm really impressed. Grandpa Jack

[@mcremona]

Thanks!

[@danielcolby7293]

wow nicely done that dial indicator is a beautiful tool, as a machinist’s son, i thoroughly enjoyed the set up, looking forward to that bridgeport thingy getting refurbished. also, i enjoy the woodworking

[@rabihkharma8559]

I like the dial indicator as well but more it's holder, what is it called? All the ones that I found online have arms. The one in the video is ideal to tune a jointer, mine broke and I had to calibrate it and i used dial indicator but built my own holder this tool/holder would have been great

[@mcremona]

Multi gauge. Linked in the description

[@billmansfield309]

Matthew, this is the first video I’ve watched and I appreciate how you explain the setups. I feel as a novice I’ve picked a ton of practical shop tech already.

[@mattmccauley4059]

Dang, if u only knew how helpful this video is.. ha I have an older 18” planer with no book to be found.. been fighting it for years trying to set the blades right (only 1 blade cutting of 3).. and poof, one video & now I know how.. haha been tryin to set them to the bed instead of the head itself… glade u decided to make more flooring.. ha thanks man 👍🏻

[@hguldmann]

Your sawdust can be used for wood pellet presses can turn waste products into pellets for the stove. Pills take up less space and can be used for automatic firing. and they are also CO2 neutral

[@jimsodowsky1298]

Kudos to Lindsey for being so tolerant of your messes,,,,,,🙂

[@mitchellgreene5981]

You have the cleanest wood shop I've ever seen. Where's all the sawdust?? 😂

[@unclefrogy743]

makes me happy to see you use the saw dust in a useful way so much more satisfying then just burning it up!

[@genegreear4183]

Matt I was wondering if you knew how much saw dust you were going to get. To keep the dust collection going you could count the boards and shut it down before it over flows. I had a nice wood shop some twenty-five years ago. I used Delta power feet on my table saw and both shaders. You were smart using a deal indicator. To increase your dust collector volume, you could add a plumium after your clucking. Hung mine from the ceiling and just 4’x8’ sheets of plywood. I hung twelve bags six feet long into twelve buckets. If I emptied my cyclone on time. I never had to bother with the buckets filling up. But it gave me twice the suction. I also had mine in a room connected to my shop. It really cut down on the noise of a 12” dust collector. Back then I had to make a lot of my machines. Because it was before Utub and Facebook market place.

[@bavondale]

Excellent work. Very much enjoyed the internal cutting views. Thank you for those as I know they were probably dangerous. Thank you for showing where all that sawdust went too

[@lewisclark5694]

Whoa! A major production