Traditional stair builder uses modern techniques to build a curved cut string
Kellner Millwork is a 3 generation joinery shop specialising in stair building in Pittsburg, the company is run by Ron D’Alessandro. Ron and his team makes some beautiful high and medium end…
How to build a 3D handrail in ProgeCad
It’s a cold winter’s day here in Grenoble and I’m sitting cosy here in my office. As a professional carpenter and stair builder but I spend maybe more time here than in…
Announcing the Launch of an Amazing New Woodwork Community
Hi Everyone! For those of you who subscribe to my newsletter, you’ll know I’ve been talking about some great new projects I’m working on, and I’ve got major news about one of…
Enhancing StairDesigner models with ProgeCad
Here’s the third video in my using Progecad with StairDesigner series. StairDesigner does a very good job of calculating and technically drawing the stair and you get all parts and working documents…
Free stair design tool and download
Serge is a subscriber to our email list and had no previous experience in stair building. He has built himself a stair using only StairDesigner, our free stair design tool, and resources…
How to Design Curved Strings and Handrails using StairDesigner and Progecad 3D
Some people have been asking me how to build solid curved parts using StairDesigner. To answer I have made a short video that shows how to use StairDesigner DXF files and a…
How to build a 3D stair project with StairDesigner and ProgeCAD
This is a short video to show how I use the StairDesigner DXF export functions to use Progecad or Autocad to build a complete 3D project with the rendering tools supplied in…
Installing a curved stair and handrail
As with all carpentry projects that have to fit into an existing building, installing a stair is the last and final test of the carpenter’s craft. This is the crucial moment that…
Farm house stair building
Following last week’s article on curved strings and handrail here’s a short example of a wreathed string built with laminates, that I’m actually building in the workshop. This stair is being built…
How to build curved stairs and handrails
People often ask me how I make curved parts for stairs. These parts have such strange shapes that are far from the usual shapes worked by the average wood worker that they…