teaching the customer's nephew some how to... here we have layout in a way out of square nothing straight room... installation and comping angles to get aesthetics...

the kid (16YO) was great... smart.. listened well and had the ability to think 3D+ and paid attention to detail...... 1st week went kinda .. well it went...

when his mother saw what he did... did he ever get busy...

the DW work was to flatten the walls and give the illusion of straight...

flattening the floor was a chore....

closet and SGD were added....

Edited October 13, 20169 yr by Stick486

Very professional looking work!

44 minutes ago, Chips N Dust said:

Very professional looking work!

thanks...

but could you blame the kid please...

16??? Better craftsman than many a "pro" I've seen! Of course, he WAS learning from the best!

John

Makes you realize not all kids are video game nuts.

 

Thanks for teaching him, Stick!

That is a super start Stick!  Wish I could do that with laminate flooring.

And kudos to the 16 y.o.  As I told my son so many years ago, if he learns how to work with his hands and his head he will never be without work of some type.

Cal

Awesome Stick...really like how you laid out that floor for the room layout. There still are kids out there that really want to learn if someone is willing (& knowledgeable) to take the time a patience to work with them...Kudos to you for being that person.

1 hour ago, clhyer said:

Wish I could do that with laminate flooring.

you can for most of them...

Great job of teaching. Question......when doing medallions from scratch do you put it together and then inlay or put it in a piece at a time?

2 hours ago, Gerald said:

Great job of teaching. Question......when doing medallions from scratch do you put it together and then inlay or put it in a piece at a time?

both..

usually small (≤ 12'') ones get a backer board of 1/8, 3/16 or 1/4 BB ply (sometimes even thicker) and planed to call thickness...

the more complex the thicker the backer.. overall stiffness maters...

bigger (13~24'') have some type thin BB ply backer..

still bigger (≤ 36'') ones are stick built inside of a frame in place....

≥ 36'' are stick built and installed just like HW flooring...

but still the complexity and size of the pieces dictates the yes or no on the backer and it's thickness....

that one had a door skin as a backer and dropped in...

 

all joints/edges are splined/T&G...

all I used was a Bosch 4100, LA block plane, shoulder plane and a Lion Miter Trimmer...

before you ask...  Urethane based/ moisture-cure mastic/adhesive instead of wood glue.... needed to allow for wood movement...

here you can see the frame is installed and ready for the medallion...

 

in this shot the lay out is being worked out mathematically using the  Fibonacci/Golden Mean sequence...

the frame and medallion doesn't exist yet in design or size......

if you look at the installed medallion/frame the flooring breaks at all points/sides/edges evenly...

 

 

 

It's really nice to see a young person willing to learn and doing good at it, also very rewarding for the teacher. Good job Stick.

Be sure to post up the final pic with the medallion installed!

Cal

at 1st I didn't think it was gonna work out...

 

Awesome...kudos on the attention to detail and execution...had to have taken a great deal of forethought...extra kudos for letting a yung'un hang on the coat tails...

 

 

6 hours ago, Nickp said:

 

Awesome...kudos on the attention to detail and execution...had to have taken a great deal of forethought...extra kudos for letting a yung'un hang on the coat tails...

 

 

thanks Nick...

a better after shot...

 

Great to have a working "apprentice" who doesn't flood the basement.

 

Yeah, I know....but ya done good there and when all finished hope the kid got a pat on the back.

1 hour ago, p_toad said:

and when all finished hope the kid got a pat on the back

way better...

On 10/13/2016 at 5:37 PM, Cal said:

Wish I could do that with laminate flooring.

you can...