New blocks are too thick

[Lesleyprez]

After searching for ages I found some pitch pine parquet blocks which matched my existing floor. They are the right length and width but are too deep, which type of saw do I need to cut about 1/4 of an inch off the bottom?
Any advice would be gratefully received! Thanks
Lesleyprez

 

[big-all]

heeeelllooo and welcome Lesleyprez


not an easy task

phone your local joinery shop
allow extra thickness for adhesive take all your blocks to them hey presto proper job for for about £1 or less per block [assuming around 20 blocks]

 

[mattysupra]

or if you have plenty more than 20 blocks, go and buy yourself a thickener from b&q warehouse

 

[big-all]

or if you have plenty more than 20 blocks, go and buy yourself a thickener from b&q warehouse

youve got to be carefull with thicknessers as theres a minimum length you can pass through safely
you can use a backing board but theres still a minimum to stop jumping as they roll off and on the rollers

you can of course screw them to the board but that means the planed face will be uppermost in the finnished floor

 

[Symptoms]

Lez - 1/4", use a bandsaw - buy a cheap one or follow Big's advice and get the local carpentry workshop to do it. Even you local timber yard might help.

 

[Deluks]

Got a router? Start with a flat worksurface, ie: sheet of ply or mdf. Affix to this a piece of 18mm ply with a squared off hole cut in the centre, an inch larger than your blocks all round. Inset into this a piece of 12mm ply, with an inset cut out the same size as your blocks. Then you have a jig which you can use to hold the blocks in place while you router off the excess depth. Sizes given are examples, but you get the gist.