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Stair Design in 7 Easy Steps
Part of our ‘Staircase Basics’ Guide Previous Page | Next Page | Contents Let’s assume now you’ve had time to download StairDesigner, watch our starter series of videos and test it out. I hope you found them interesting and helpful. Stair templates are great for setting up stairs fast and easy, and if you make…
Read MoreStairDesigner Starter Tips
Part of our ‘Staircase Basics’ Guide Previous Page | Next Page | Contents First of all when you start, you might find the software intimidating and not easy to understand; this is perfectly normal. If you are a professional, I’m sure that your methods of work and your stair terminology don’t exactly mirror the way…
Read MoreStaircase Basics Guide
Contents 1. StairDesigner Starter Tips2. Stair Design in 7 Easy Steps3. First Steps for Stair Builders4. Stair Builder Top Level Checklist5. How to Take Site Measurements6. What’s Your Wood Working Experience?7. Stair Design Based on Experience8. Basic Tools for Stair Builders9. Assembly Details for Stairs10. Best Joints for Stairs Introduction My name is Ness Tillson.…
Read MoreLow cost CAD/CAM woodworking systems
We’ve looked at some of the main woodwork design software solutions out there and decided to put together an overview of what the majority of small to medium woodwork businesses tell us they need. That’s affordable software that is still powerful enough for professional use and flexible enough to accommodate each individual workshop’s manufacture methods.…
Read MoreStair with 3 Part String between Plaster Board Walls
Installation of a stair highlighting a great way to assemble strings in situ, plus more specialised techniques for fixing the strings to plaster boards. In renovation work we often find ourselves having to install woodwork against walls that are irregular and difficult to measure precisely. Wood work projects are made of straight lines, precise angles…
Read MoreHow to Extend Step and Riser Housings
Sometimes it’s useful to be able to extend the step and/or the riser recesses in a boxed string beyond the limits of the string. This tutorials shows you how. Extending the housings can be done in two ways: Either using the Steps Parameters that define how the steps and risers are assembled, or by changing…
Read MoreUsing the Rising Angle to Calculate a Stair
How to use StairDesigner to calculate a stair for a given angle rather than a given flight length. 1. Calculating the approximate stair length Open a new stair and in the Stairwell Parameters box and type in the total height and an approximate number of risers. To get the approximate length of the stair use…
Read More3D kitchen design made easy with Polyboard
When you’re in the process of designing a beautiful kitchen, the time spent calculating lengths of pieces of wood, or individual costs can cause your project to take far longer than it should to be completed. That’s why we created our Polyboard kitchen design software solution to save you time and money through automation. Polyboard’s…
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