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 Post subject: Herringbone With Borders - Submitted by Alexei
PostPosted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 7:05 pm 
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Fine, fine work!

Flooring delivered. Must be the customer in the pic?
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Field Installed

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Cutting in the Border

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Final Result

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 7:47 pm 
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That’s real nice work on those borders.

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 2:39 am 
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The craftmanship is superb. Much easier to lay herringbone with no T&G. Sorta like setting tile but faster. I do have a few observations. Using the parquet for the apron (border) utilized lots of little pieces and doesn't differenciate itself enough from the herringbone field. I would have like to have seen longer boards. Also, the contrasting feature strip isn't much of a contrast. A darker wood would have made the apron pop out more and set it off better. An alternative to running the apron paralell to the walls would have been to run the apron boards perpendicular to the walls. I've done this before on busy parquets and it can look quite stunning.


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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 3:09 am 
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Very nice workmanship. I can't make out if there is something separating the border from the field. Maybe its my monitor.

Anyway, hats off to ya.


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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 5:07 am 
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thanks for the kind comments.
This is a DIY job I've done last year, so the first shot is me wife.

It is my own house and as entire floor is parquetry i did not want it to be too formal, thus i decided to go with a less prominent border. secondly, this was the first time around i was doing parquetry and i did not want to overcomplicate. thirdly, i think images are compressed too much and ligting is not the best, it is a bit more distinctive in real life.

the last shot -- is a basketweave parquetry i was asked to help as a member of a pro team. unfortunately i do not have finished pictures.


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 1:28 am 
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Can someone answer a question about the border in the above picture for me? From what I've read and researched I understand that the field is laid first and then usually plunge cut with a fence and saw. I see how outside corners can be done this way but what do you do when you encounter an inside corner? How do you cut the full and precise cut in the corner. Also, some of the cuts above look like they would be too tight to fit a saw into.


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:33 am 
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blast from the past:-)
it is plunge cut. for tight corners i know two choices
either sharp chisel
or do not glue in some of the pieces and mark and cut them off the floor.
no magic, just elbow grease :-)


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:58 am 
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Also, the Fein Multimaster or SuperCut with the flush cut blade works very well on inside corners.


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