Stair Manufacture
Boxed string in 3 parts
At times it’s impossible to assemble a stair and raise or lower it into the stair well. When the stair strings are boxed and the steps and risers recessed into the string…
Traditional Wreathed Stair Using High and Low Tech
I have already published a few photos of the stairs made by Rick and Andy Suckely. Rick has recently sent me the photos of the finished stair so I thought I’d write…
Designing a Straight Central Cut Stringer Staircase
Continuous curved central cut strings give a very elegant design for modern stairs, but the curved stringer and handrails can be long and expensive to manufacture. A compromise is to make the…
Building a form for a concrete stair with StairDesigner
StairDesigner is very useful for building wood and metal stairs. It can also be very handy for setting out the form work when building a cement stair. As an example here’s an…
How to Build a Wreathed Handrail on a Metallic Rail: Part 3
Here is the last article in the series for building a curved wreathed handrail on an irregular metallic rail. In my last article in this series I showed how to adjust the…
How to build a curved handrail for stairs
Real life situations are usually too diverse to fit all in one box. And Stair building is certainly on of the more complex and diverse branches of woodworking. Like most professionals, to…
Handrail made with Twisted Laminates
When I have to make a wooden hand rail to fit a metal stair rail that has a smooth regular curve the easiest way is to use twisted laminates. If, as is…
Laminating curved stair stringers
When a string is less than 60mm thick it becomes difficult to make it using horizontal laminates because the outer face veneers tend to pull it out of shape when being glued…