Systems and methods for constructing mosaic wood flooring panels and/or more complex mosaic wood structures

A wedge style vice for creating flooring panels comprising:

• a flooring-wedge retainer device comprising:
• (a) a base structure, (b) a base connector, (c) a wedge interfacer, (d) a flooring interfacer, and (e) a pattern board capable of translating in a first direction, wherein the base connector, the wedge interfacer, and the flooring interfacer are immovably affixed to the base structure of the flooring-wedge retainer;
• a wedge device comprising:
• (a) a base connector region, (b) a threaded rod, and (c) a wedge body capable of translating in the first direction and a second direction, the wedge body comprising a first side contacting the wedge interfacer and a second side contacting the pattern board, the second side being parallel to the pattern board and the flooring interfacer and the first side being at an angle to the pattern board and the flooring interfacer;
• the wedge device being located between the wedge interfacer and the pattern board such that the pattern board and the flooring interfacer are parallel to each other and the wedge interfacer are at an angle to both the flooring interfacer and the pattern board;
• and
• wherein the wedge body translates in at least one of the first direction and the second direction such that translating the wedge body drives the pattern board in a first direction that is parallel to the flooring interfacer, thereby forcibly holding together a plurality of flooring pieces.