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Workshop floorsWorkshop floors I notice a new wanted ad for some rubber matting to go in front of machines on a concrete floor. I've often considered this myself, but continue to use wooden slatted 'duck-boards'. The advantages, as I see it of the wooden solution are firstly cheapness (just some bits of 2x1 scrap screwed together) and secondly the swarf and debris go between the slats and not into your feet. On the other hand in a confined space you can trip over them occasionally, so I only use them where I tend to stand for a long time, mainly the lathe and not on main throughfares.
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Re: Workshop floors Nick. I've used a duck-board at the door of my workshop for years to stop some of the muck from entering the house it's an excellent solution. I reckon the trip hazard of several in the workshop is too great for me, but that's because of the wood machinery I have rather than a general comment. Years ago I painted a workshop floor with polyurethane floor paint mainly to stop the concrete powdering it worked really well and was very cheap. I've also tried carpet tiles - yes we had new ones put down at work and I took the old ones home, they were not very successful as it was hard to get the swarf and shavings out of then even with an old upright hoover needed a bit more than " beating as it swept". They were easy to lay though and warm on the feet.
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Re: Workshop floorsagree with both those - though I don't currently use a duckboard (but I have done in the past) they offer a lot of advantages. I was very lucky when I built my garage/workshop in being offered (free) a load of 1 meter square industrial vinyl floor tiles with raised "buttons" on them - not very deep, about 2mm, and anti-slip. So the floor got covered in those - their big disadvantage is that the "buttons" make it difficult to roll things smoothly (I use bits of old scaffold tube for that so their diameter is not compatible with the floor covering, but I get by, and its not a problem that arises every day!). The other advantage of duckboards of course is that it gets the feet off the concrete and stops them freezing off in a cold workshop. I use a good old coconut matting doormat to stop traipsing swarf into the house - it works most of the time - but there are a few footrpints from oil spills which is not good! "He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors"
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Re: Workshop floorsI used to have rubber workshop mats down . Trouble is I've a lot of m/cs in my garage , many on casters and I got fed up with taking the mats up to roll machines. The damned things don't stand up on edge very well (too floppy, even tho mine pretty thick ) At least wooden duck boards would stand on edge and I'll probably make these eventually. The way this winters going pretty soon. Alan. Everyday is a schoolday.
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