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I am laying a cherry floor with 25% of the flooring 4 3/4″ wide and the rest at 3 3/4″. I am planning to run a perimeter border of the wider stock. I cannot think of a neat way to finish the ends where the running strips will butt up against the border. One person suggested that the end of that flooring should be cut with a biscuit joiner to create a tounge. That makes sense but seems like a lot of work. Any other ideas?
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Any opinions on "powerventing" an oil fired boiler? I have heard two for and two against?
*Ed, I assume that the cherry will be tongue and groove. the only way to keep a mitered joint laying flat during the humidity of summer is with a tongue & groove. I've seen mitred ends that have been joined by a bisquit and the tips all curled up and made the floor a MESS. Here is where you need a good router. don't try to do this on a shaper. The boards are too long to handle accurately across the end grain. I assume that you will hide your nails in the tongue. If you intend to face nail these well it might JUST BARELY be possible if you predrill the hole at the tips.
*b WBA At Your ServiceEd, Your post title- mitred corners in hardwood has me a little confused. I assume your question has to do with laying the field inside a border and how to finish the ends of the boards in the field where they abut the border (not what to do with mitred corners). I did a job about 8 years ago where we ran a border of 2 1/4" red oak and walnut and filled in the field with random 3", 5", and 7" red oak. We used the factory tongues and grooves at each end of the field and cut the boards to length in the middle of the field with a butt joint. We did not tongue and groove or bisquit this butt joint. I really didn't think it was necessary since the t & g on the edges kept the boards together. You have to remember when you run your border to face a tongue in on one end and a groove in on the other. After 8 years in southeast PA, this floor still looks great.
*Ed- Get yourself a 1/4" slot-cutting router bit. The end of the flooring that you cut to butt up against your border can be routered with the slot cutter to create a groove.. If the border has the groove facing the flooring, just insert a spline to make it into a tongue. Mike.
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I am laying a cherry floor with 25% of the flooring 4 3/4" wide and the rest at 3 3/4". I am planning to run a perimeter border of the wider stock. I cannot think of a neat way to finish the ends where the running strips will butt up against the border. One person suggested that the end of that flooring should be cut with a biscuit joiner to create a tounge. That makes sense but seems like a lot of work. Any other ideas?