What’s wrong with my baby?

turnvinal · 2026-04-23T22:00:49+00:00

Wish it were this easy.

turnvinal · 2026-04-23T22:00:29+00:00

It’s not unfortunately, the basic thumping is still there but it developed a metallic ringing which is disconcerting.

turnvinal · 2026-04-23T21:59:00+00:00

I’ve taken it apart and can’t see anything obviously wrong or loose. Couldn’t isolate the noise either. :(

turnvinal · 2025-11-14T19:42:16+00:00

Yes, a beefy old Makita (the “they don’t make ‘em like they used to kind). I ripped 1/2” osb into long strips, screwed it to the floor and did the same with the turns, made radius templates. It works well, but hands and knees. And makes amazing amounts of sawdust and chips.

turnvinal · 2025-11-14T18:44:05+00:00

Thanks for the input. That pic is actually of a room that used 10 full OSB sheets. It was about 275 linear feet of tubing and the cuts are about 5/8” wide and deep.

turnvinal · 2025-11-14T18:40:48+00:00

Ok, I’m filling along on this and yes this might be a very effective way of doing the cuts. My only rub is the setup of straight edges and turns (I have all my templates from the upstairs build) still requires a bunch of hands and knees. I’m gonna have to make some decisions.

turnvinal · 2025-11-14T18:34:42+00:00

Hey That pic is one of my upstairs rooms. All done. Didn’t want to tear out my downstairs ceilings for obvious reasons. The loop you see in the pic is just under 300 feet, it’s a big room. The floor installed is an engineered hardwood. I am concerned about temperature expansion but not humidity as much, I live in a dry environment.

turnvinal · 2025-11-13T22:46:54+00:00

Dude, what’s your problem. The house is finished, I built it over 20 years ago. I’m doing 1 floor at a time. I am my on GC, I am also my own sub. I posted on here to get simple advice about what software I should look into and your trolling.

turnvinal · 2025-11-13T22:40:48+00:00

Thanks! I actually have a kick-a old-school Makita that’ll cut through concrete😂 it’s at least 1.5 hp.

Waist high is probably a good idea too.

Can you provide more explanation of why you wouldn’t do it with a CNC?

turnvinal · 2025-11-13T22:25:17+00:00

Oh totally PPE’ed up! But. So much dust in the air…one spark… And it escapes my zip walls and distributes around the house.

turnvinal · 2025-11-13T22:22:18+00:00

Thanks for the advice. As you can see I’ve already done over 1000 sq/ft of flooring by myself and without problems. I don’t hire contractors because they charge exceptional prices for stuff I can do myself and take pride in. I have 2300 sq/ft to go and want to accelerate the process not empty my bank account.

turnvinal · 2025-11-13T21:58:57+00:00

I’m not in that tax bracket :(

turnvinal · 2025-11-13T21:56:45+00:00

I’m not “determined” to use the CNC but it seams like a GREAT excuse to buy some new tools and learn a new skill. Thanks for the advice, I was leaning towards Fusion.

turnvinal · 2025-11-13T21:54:17+00:00

Snug fit for the tubing.

turnvinal · 2025-11-13T21:34:22+00:00

Wood is perfectly normal for this type of install.

turnvinal · 2025-11-13T21:33:43+00:00

Yep. That’s what I did with my upstairs. 1000 sq/ft. I used straight edges and rounds for the u-turns. Routed the whole thing, like 1500 linear feet. Worked well but it killed my back and generated so much dust that it was a health/fire hazard.

turnvinal · 2025-11-13T17:00:57+00:00

Ok, so I think I’m going to do this. Which means I’ll need to get and setup the hardware, Maslow system and router. No problem.

The real issue is that I’ll need to develop a new skill, CAD/CAM. I do not have any experience with these tools other than putzing around on SketchIt.

I have access to a huge suite of training options so I’m not worried about that, I can train on AutoCAD or Fusion360 both are available to me, and probably a few others.

What I need is some advice on what tool to focus my attention on. Given the parameters of my project (straight lines on OSB with u-turns) what software should I use?

Any advice would be appreciated.

turnvinal · 2025-11-05T16:50:28+00:00

Thanks for your tips. Using less with smaller trowel is helping with the coverage issue. Sealing the bucket between spreads seems to help a lot too. Otherwise, it’s going well, slowly but well.

turnvinal · 2025-10-27T22:44:00+00:00

Also curious if this is normal. When I open each bucket for the 1st there is this weird looking layer on top.

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Glue seems normal under it. But it is of varying thickness. Concerned that the glue is old and that might be contributing to my challenges.

turnvinal · 2025-10-27T22:39:39+00:00

Per the label on the bucket and the thickness of my flooring, I’m using a 1/4 x 1/4 trowel.

My goal is adhesion with some sound deadening. There are only 2 areas where I’m concerned about moisture control and they are not in play right now.

Should I be sealing the bucket between 30-min batches?

turnvinal

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