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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…
How to cut steps and stair risers on winding stairs
Unlike most other woodworking projects, stair building (other than simple straight stairs), often requires cutting and machining weird shaped parts. This can make simple tasks awkward and when they have to be…
Amateur builds a curved central cut string
M. Paul-Hervé Paquet has just sent me these photos to show the curved stair he has just build using the laminated layers technique that I explained in my Building a curved central…
How to make curved stairs with a central cut string
This is an article that is not really about stair software but a visitor on my blog asked about making curved stairs. I have developed several techniques for different types of curved…
How to calculate stringers outside the stair well
Zoran from Belgium has asked how to draw the strings outside the stair well. To draw the strings outside the well click on “String board param” in the StairWell Param tool box:…