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The way I cut planks for a herringbone pattern changed after a job in Portland
I used to measure and cut each piece one at a time, which was slow and sometimes left gaps. On a big job with 500 square feet of engineered oak, a guy I was working with showed me how to use a jig and a track saw to batch cut the angles. It cut my install time in half and the fit was way tighter. Has anyone else switched up their method for complex patterns like that?
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cora8635mo ago
Swear I had the same skepticism when a guy on my crew first brought up a jig for herringbone. I always figured cutting one at a time was the only way to keep things precise, but that first job with a track saw and stop blocks changed my mind completely. The gaps disappeared and the pattern actually flowed instead of looking pieced together. Now I set up a jig for any pattern that calls for repeated angles, even just a simple diagonal. It takes a few minutes to build but it saves hours of fiddling and cussing later. That Portland job was the one that sold me on it for good.
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alice2695mo ago
Know exactly what you mean about those gaps... I fought with a chevron pattern in my own living room for a weekend before I gave up and called a buddy who does floors. He showed me a similar trick with a miter saw and stop blocks. Felt like a total lightbulb moment, like why was I making it so hard on myself? That kind of shared tip just saves your sanity.
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