The longer the body of a plane the more accurately it will straighten wood as the length of the body allows the plane to bridge peaks and troughs in the wood s surface.
How to hand plane uneven floor boards.
Here are links to tools used in this video.
With some boards you might get tearout in both directions.
Cut the boards to final length and you re ready to start your project.
When the subfloor is reinstalled you ll have an even floor.
Laying laminate over uneven floorboards.
Hand planes come in several different varieties.
When you re planing the edges inspect the wide face.
The main defining characteristic of each type of hand plane is size.
I have a similar problem.
I have very uneven floors.
Feed the smooth direction forward into the wood planer.
I have a bedroom which is half floorboards and half plywood sheets where it has been extended previously.
The current flooring is thick pine plank in various widths from 6 to 8 inches.
A power planer makes quick work of planing away the high area but you can also plane it by hand with a manual planer.
This old house general contractor tom silva demonstrates the proper way to use hand planes.
On rough lumber you can feel the fibers by running your hand over the board.
My husband wants to level it and put down red elm.
Choose the appropriate hand plane for your job.
Hold the boards together as they enter and exit the planer.
If the board is 1 1 2 in.
It will be smooth in one direction and rough in the other.
Or thicker you can use the planer for this step.
To address this unique area of the floor we decided to remove the existing 5 8 inch osb plane the joist using a standard handheld planer and install new osb over the joists.
When you are dealing with uneven floors one option that you have is to use self leveling compound.
Hi i want to put laminate flooring in my living room where there are floorboards at the moment but the boards are uneven.
Learn how to use traditional woodworking hand tools to dimension your lumber.
Or if you have several thinner boards of the same thickness you can gang plane them all at once.
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Essentially a hump on the floor was created by the excessively crowning joist.