I'm getting ready to start searching for wood for the floor of my shop. Presently I've got 3/4" plywood over floor joists on 16" centers. If you look at the back of the recent FWW Tool and Shop Annual issue, you'll see David Lamb's shop and the type of look I'd like on my floor. I've got access to some 1x10 pine boards - not tongue and groove. My question is, how suitable will these pine boards be for a shop floor, and secondly, can you use boards that are not tongue and groove. Most of the floors in the two houses on our property are pine tongue and groove, and we like them.
Any thoughts would be appreciated, and thanks in advance.
John