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At a sawmill.
To get a more reasonable answer you need to give a location. Also if you want or will accept a recycled beam with all of it's "character" including maybe holes and dark spots from rusted hardware. Or want such a beam and are willing to pay the price.
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Try this again-looking for 6x8 white oak beam approx. 14 ft.
No significant holes or cracks. West coast location.
thanks for the advise.
Location.... ?
Project in No. CAL
If you can't find it local call Bear Creek Lumber.
Rich
is this structural or decorative?
if decorative, how about making a box beam. three pieces of 4/4 white oak and some mitre or lock mitre joints. faster, easier, cheaper,and lighter.
try higgins or aura hardwoods in Norcal area
I don't remember seeing 14-16' white oak lately, but I haven't looked for it either
Thanks, I will check those out.
Guess I was trying to be too general. I am going to
cut across the beam to make "tiles" 1 inch thick to make
a floor with the cross grain end cut showing. Actually
I don't need one beam 14 feet-just 14' of length..could be
2 shorter etc.
thanks again.
Sounds interesting....
don't you think that's a recipe for some big gaps though with shrinkage...especially tangentially, assuming you're not getting quarter sawn?
Interested to know how that's going to go together...what's the substrate, what kind of fasteners/adhesive?
Not trying to pick your idea apart, just curious.
I understand the point about wood movement, but then I also know there are end-grain block floors. When I was working as a courier one of my regular stops was an industrial warehouse with end-grain block floors laid over concrete slab. I have to assume the blocks were sealed before laying it down. It was tight, no gaps or anything.~ Ted W ~
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Sounds pretty cool....I've been seeing lots of wood end grain countertops lately, but had never seen it on a floor myself. That's why I was more interested in the mechanics behind it rather than trying to shoot down someone's idea.
It sure is a fun and exciting challenge working with wood. There's always something more to know about it!