To successfully salvage hardwood you ll need to first saw one board straight down the middle along its length.
Making a cutting board out of hardwood flooring.
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If you were able to buy hardwood with at least one straight edge you are ready to move over to the table saw and begin ripping strips of wood that will be.
They hold up well to knife cuts and resist moisture.
First you will want to cut the hardwood down to manageable lengths slightly longer than the width of the cutting board you are planning to make.
Cut one board in half lengthwise.
Dense hardwood lumber with a closed grain is the best wood for cutting boards.
Be mindful that by wood flooring in this post i am referring to cutting trimming solid hardwood engineered floating click lock and laminate based flooring systems.
In this video i will show you how to make a cutting board out of recycled hardwood flooring.
Rip the flooring pieces.
Some examples of dense hardwoods are maple walnut and cherry.
It s best to make these cuts on a miter saw.
And in the broadest sense using a saw blade with fine teeth rated to cut wood laminate floors will give you a better looking cut that one with less teeth as a general reference.
That was the price of the flooring and we had the rest of the materials on hand but if we didn t the total cost would have still only been about 60.
Each piece of flooring must be ripped twice.
If your hardwood flooring is still in good condition you may decide that it s worth keeping and putting to use elsewhere.
After removing two sections of partition wall i needed to patch the hardwood i decided to run two courses of tongue and groove perpendicular to the exis.
Making a countertop was slightly more work but the total cost was only 11.
Hardwood flooring is a beautiful addition to any home and if you re interested fred has an excellent guide for installing hardwood flooring available at that link.
When you select your wood board make sure it s free of warping has a flat surface and doesn t have any blemishes or excessive knots on the surface.
However we have made a few countertops out of wood flooring instead with great results.
