Out of Plumb

Well the floor is down in the hall. It was a slow and frustrating thing due to all the shimming but it IS down. I would put my satisfaction level with the job between Eh, and Hmm. The Rat Hole Crew are stopping by later this month so they can give an unbiased opinion. No matter how hard I tried it still isn’t quite right. My wife maintains that it is because I put it down I see all of its shortcomings. If we had the right sander I could have evened it out more but oh well. The nearest place I can rent one of the 2 sheet orbital floor sanders was 120 miles away, for a hall.... couldn’t make myself drive there and back. The old floor sander we have was gouging and unable to work in the close quarters. I had to do it with my POS belt sander and a 1/2 sheet random orbit. Good advice if you are looking for tools, a cheap belt sander is WORSE than no belt sander. Spend a little more than I did on my B&D and you will be ever so much happier. After I write this I stain. Tonight I will give it its first coat of poly followed by a second tomorrow morning. Then I am out of town running the sawmill. Cutting up some awesome cedar. I will post pictures of that when I get back, maybe tues.