David Eisan
01-13-2008, 11:16 PM
Hello everyone,
I have been working on the flooring at my house for the last few weeks and I have come upon a very challenging section. I have a stone fire place that needs to be floored up to. The flooring needs to be scribed to the stone, a task in itself, but add to that that the flooring is being laid on the diagonal.
At first I tried scribing with a compass, that didn't work. Then I tried an expensive stainless steel fine wire profile gauge, didn't work well. What worked the best was an inexpensive Samona plastic profile gauge. This was because of it's "low" profile that allowed me to take a profile at the correct position/height easily.
http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/fpscribe1.jpg
Even with the profile gauge, I found it was best to transfer the profile from the profile gauge to a piece of cardboard and test fit the cardboard template. Trimming cardboard with a pair of scissors is much easier than running to the bandsaw in the garage with a piece of flooring. And, cardboard is cheaper than flooring...
http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/fpscribe2.jpg
Once I was happy with the fit of the cardboard template I transferred the profile to the flooring. The flooring I am using has 10 coats of finish on it, and I cannot see a pencil line on it for the life of me. What I ended up doing was colouring in the end of the board with an old school grease pencil/marker, and then when I transferred the profile, the normal pencil removed the grease pencil marking my line. The grease pencil wipes off with a paper towel.
http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/fpscribe3.jpg
I cut the profile on my little 14" bandsaw using a 1/4" blade. I have been meaning to get a magnetic lamp for my bandsaw, but a Makita flashlight does a great job.
http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/fpscribe4.jpg
Think it will fit?
http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/fpscribe5.jpg
Good Enough for me!
http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/fpscribe6.jpg
This has been one of the hardest things I have done in a while. Twenty One boards scribed, three more to go....
http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/fpscribe7.jpg
http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/fpscribe8.jpg
Thanks for looking,
David.
Every Neighbourhood has one, in Mine I'm Him
I have been working on the flooring at my house for the last few weeks and I have come upon a very challenging section. I have a stone fire place that needs to be floored up to. The flooring needs to be scribed to the stone, a task in itself, but add to that that the flooring is being laid on the diagonal.
At first I tried scribing with a compass, that didn't work. Then I tried an expensive stainless steel fine wire profile gauge, didn't work well. What worked the best was an inexpensive Samona plastic profile gauge. This was because of it's "low" profile that allowed me to take a profile at the correct position/height easily.
http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/fpscribe1.jpg
Even with the profile gauge, I found it was best to transfer the profile from the profile gauge to a piece of cardboard and test fit the cardboard template. Trimming cardboard with a pair of scissors is much easier than running to the bandsaw in the garage with a piece of flooring. And, cardboard is cheaper than flooring...
http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/fpscribe2.jpg
Once I was happy with the fit of the cardboard template I transferred the profile to the flooring. The flooring I am using has 10 coats of finish on it, and I cannot see a pencil line on it for the life of me. What I ended up doing was colouring in the end of the board with an old school grease pencil/marker, and then when I transferred the profile, the normal pencil removed the grease pencil marking my line. The grease pencil wipes off with a paper towel.
http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/fpscribe3.jpg
I cut the profile on my little 14" bandsaw using a 1/4" blade. I have been meaning to get a magnetic lamp for my bandsaw, but a Makita flashlight does a great job.
http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/fpscribe4.jpg
Think it will fit?
http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/fpscribe5.jpg
Good Enough for me!
http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/fpscribe6.jpg
This has been one of the hardest things I have done in a while. Twenty One boards scribed, three more to go....
http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/fpscribe7.jpg
http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/fpscribe8.jpg
Thanks for looking,
David.
Every Neighbourhood has one, in Mine I'm Him