Shelving surprise, for me, anyway..... Had a tenant leave behind 6 boxes of brand new oak flooring. Thought I might be able to use it for train display shelving. Opened up a box today and discovered that the underside has two grooves in it 1 3/8 inches apart (to outer edge) which allows an O scale truck to fit perfectly. Maybe this is old news, but it sure saves me a bundle of $$$. A little stain or paint and I think it will work out.
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I love it when something made for something else works perfectly for something I had in mind! The aluminum stuff is great...but with a bit of stain - this flooring will be quite nice!
WOW that's a nice windfall. I'd take advantage of the beautiful finished side and rout two 1/8" grooves for the wheel flanges. Then I'd cut the tongue off and paint the raw edge a gloss black and the underside a satin black. Yep that what I'd do.
Keeping the finished side up and visible is tempting. Also thinking about building a frame with the good side out, cut off the tongue, cutting some kerfs in the vertical sides and just slide the planks in. Length will determine how that will work out. Lord knows I have plenty of flooring to experiment with! When I got into this hobby 7 months ago I did not realize I would be acquiring so many trains and would need decent storage and display space so soon! 
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