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Oak Threshold/Reducer: cant find
Finsihed my first tile project, entry way, looks great. However,
where the tile meets the living room laminate floor, I need an oak reducer. At the Tile Shop, where I bought my tile, they had the perfect oak reduced in two sizes in 8' lengths that I planned to use. When I went there to get some, they said they had been out for some time and no idea when more would be coming in. Cant seem to find anything like it locally and not good enough with woodwroking to make my own. Looks basically like this image: http://207.234.221.182/staging/thresh.gif Thoughts? Todd in Cincinnati |
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"Todd W. Roat" wrote in message om... Finsihed my first tile project, entry way, looks great. However, where the tile meets the living room laminate floor, I need an oak reducer. At the Tile Shop, where I bought my tile, they had the perfect oak reduced in two sizes in 8' lengths that I planned to use. When I went there to get some, they said they had been out for some time and no idea when more would be coming in. Cant seem to find anything like it locally and not good enough with woodwroking to make my own. Looks basically like this image: http://207.234.221.182/staging/thresh.gif Thoughts? Todd in Cincinnati this is pretty easy to make with a table saw and router. i'd look up custom kitchen cabinet makers or perhaps a local woodworkers hobby club in the area. try looking up hardwood in the yellow pages, and asking them for references. chances are some woodworker is working for them who could do it for you. heck, some teenager or the wood shop teacher in the local high school could make it for you and it'd probably be really cheap if you provided the wood. if you're really in a college, there might be a woodworking shop there. |
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Thanks for the reply Charles. Good ideas. However, Im not sure the
"any high school kid could do it" statement is good for my ego ;^) Even though you are probably right. "Charles Spitzer" wrote in message ... "Todd W. Roat" wrote in message om... Finsihed my first tile project, entry way, looks great. However, where the tile meets the living room laminate floor, I need an oak reducer. At the Tile Shop, where I bought my tile, they had the perfect oak reduced in two sizes in 8' lengths that I planned to use. When I went there to get some, they said they had been out for some time and no idea when more would be coming in. Cant seem to find anything like it locally and not good enough with woodwroking to make my own. Looks basically like this image: http://207.234.221.182/staging/thresh.gif Thoughts? Todd in Cincinnati this is pretty easy to make with a table saw and router. i'd look up custom kitchen cabinet makers or perhaps a local woodworkers hobby club in the area. try looking up hardwood in the yellow pages, and asking them for references. chances are some woodworker is working for them who could do it for you. heck, some teenager or the wood shop teacher in the local high school could make it for you and it'd probably be really cheap if you provided the wood. if you're really in a college, there might be a woodworking shop there. |
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"Todd W. Roat" wrote in message om... Thanks for the reply Charles. Good ideas. However, Im not sure the "any high school kid could do it" statement is good for my ego ;^) Even though you are probably right. tools and knowledge. if you don't have one or both, then it's a hard task. if you wanted to spend about $200-300 for the first one, you could buy the tooling and enough wood to do it right. the second one would be really cheap. "Charles Spitzer" wrote in message ... "Todd W. Roat" wrote in message om... Finsihed my first tile project, entry way, looks great. However, where the tile meets the living room laminate floor, I need an oak reducer. At the Tile Shop, where I bought my tile, they had the perfect oak reduced in two sizes in 8' lengths that I planned to use. When I went there to get some, they said they had been out for some time and no idea when more would be coming in. Cant seem to find anything like it locally and not good enough with woodwroking to make my own. Looks basically like this image: http://207.234.221.182/staging/thresh.gif Thoughts? Todd in Cincinnati this is pretty easy to make with a table saw and router. i'd look up custom kitchen cabinet makers or perhaps a local woodworkers hobby club in the area. try looking up hardwood in the yellow pages, and asking them for references. chances are some woodworker is working for them who could do it for you. heck, some teenager or the wood shop teacher in the local high school could make it for you and it'd probably be really cheap if you provided the wood. if you're really in a college, there might be a woodworking shop there. |
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(Todd W. Roat) wrote in message . com...
Finsihed my first tile project, entry way, looks great. However, where the tile meets the living room laminate floor, I need an oak reducer. At the Tile Shop, where I bought my tile, they had the perfect oak reduced in two sizes in 8' lengths that I planned to use. When I went there to get some, they said they had been out for some time and no idea when more would be coming in. Cant seem to find anything like it locally and not good enough with woodwroking to make my own. Looks basically like this image: http://207.234.221.182/staging/thresh.gif Thoughts? Todd in Cincinnati I found an oak threshold something like this at Lowe's not too long ago. I had been looking for one to replace a cheap looking metal threshold between tile and hardwood floor for a couple of years. I went in looking for something else and happened upon some threshold pieces. The section was a disorganized mess. The oak piece I bought was the only one there. It didn't seem to have a place on the shelf or a pricetag. It was a 3 or 4 feet and I think it was less than $10. They exist but I guess you have might have to scrounge around to find one. Good luck |
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