John Grossbohlin wrote:
"dpb" wrote in message
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But, I'd guess the mill won't resaw 3/4" stuff even if asked; a
sawmill bandsaw is going to take a pretty good kerf compared to a
resaw in a typical woodworker shop and I doubt seriously if they
have any good way to feed the material already sawn--they slice it
off a log at probably 4/4 and then surface to 3/4.

Yup... a resaw bandsaw would be the only way to deal with this on a
production level... While I'm sure it could be done on a bandsaw mill
(e.g., place the board on top of and clinch to a mounted log that has
had slices removed already) it would be a chore. Doing it by hand on
a vertical bandsaw would be a chore too.


Ahhhh... the stupid observation! Thank you sir. Wrapped up in the thought
of simply cutting a board to a half dimension. I had not even thought about
how to do it and providing some sort of carrier for it. It all looks like
magic until you you look at it...


All in all, I'd bite the bullet and go conventional I
think...there's a reason it's been that way lo! these many years.

Yup again... course back in the way old days the finish floor was
often the sub-floor too in many structures so the thickness was
needed. Note, that the boards didn't have to be uniform in thickness
as they were often fit to match the other boards, and variance in the
joists, by removing material from the bottom of the floor boards. In
the more recent old days, where a finish floor was installed over a
sub-floor, the thickness was there with sanding and refinishing in
mind. The new laminates are a different animal...

Yeah - that's kinda where I was going with the question about just how thick
a floor board really needs to be today (on a good sub floor).

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-Mike-