They sat through the winter while i tried to figure out the best use for this volume of lumber.
Trees to make hardwood floors.
This needs to be cut to 1 1 8 inch thick.
Though it is more expensive than the other methods it is also more stable providing higher quality flooring.
Prepare the material step 1 take the hardwood tree to the saw mill to have them cut down into rough planks.
Cuts a log into quarters before it cuts the strips of wood to make hardwood flooring boards.
This room was only 250 sq ft.
Russian olive wood is probably the most distinctive being almost chocolate colored it is a very beautiful wood.
Then it struck me.
We d love to have wood floor everywhere except the bathrooms and this might be a way to make it happen without breaking the bank.
There are three common hardwood trees in northeast montana they are the ash the siberian elm and the russian olive.
A perfect project for this idea is to make a hardwood floor with wood from locally grown trees.
Cuts a log at a different angle than quarter sawn before it cuts the wood into hardwood flooring boards.
Wood flooring for the house.
After building the sawmill i decided to make some ash flooring for my house.