Reproduction Floor Boards?

Bullrhider

Bullrhider

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Looking to see if anyone is selling proper reproduction early floor board sets, i.e., not plywood but actual lumber. I have searched the Forum but - other than the occasional person who has made them for themselves (beyond my capabilities...) - I haven't found anyone making them for sale. Does anyone know of a source? Thanks for your responses!
 
I ended up making them myself. I know this doesn't help you much. The main problem is the original wood was 11/16", not 3/4" like today's lumber, so the wood needs to be planed down. There is a website that has the dimensions for the various floorboards. The website is by Steve Watrous. If you do a search on the internet you can probably find it.
Rusty nelson
 
If you decide to make the solid wood floorboards, you really don't need to replicate the dovetails that are difficult to make (don't ask me why). Just plane the hardwood down to 11/16" thickness and glue the strips of wood together. The edging applied later covers the perimeter where the dovetail joints would show. The exposed edges inside once stained, can hardly be seen. I have made 3 sets for my model A's.
Rusty Nelson
 
Just out of curiosity, the difference in thickness between off-the-shelf lumber and the originals is 1/16", is that right? Does that difference have any effect on fitment or are you solely doing it because that's how they originally were?
 
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