I'm building a stair railing with three rails that has long balusters
between the lower two rails and short between the upper two. The
stairs have a landing so there's about a 10' section and a 4' section.
Here is a poor picture of the lower section:
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~kmuldrew/woodworking/rail.jpg
For the smaller section I drilled dowel holes perpendicular to the
rails and the angled ends of the balusters. This didn't work well
because any clamping pressure immediately cantilevered the rails. It
took a lot of mashing with a mallet and the heel of my hand to get it
all together. For the longer section I want to drill the dowel holes
parallel to the ballusters. My plan is just to drill some guide holes
in a block at the appropriate angle and then clamp the block onto the
rails (and later onto the ends of the balusters). Does anyone have any
better ideas?
Ken Muldrew
[email protected]
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Ken Muldrew wrote:
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> My plan is just to drill some guide holes
> in a block at the appropriate angle and then clamp the block onto the
> rails (and later onto the ends of the balusters). Does anyone have any
> better ideas?
>
Drill the holes before cutting the angles on the balusters.
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Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
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"no(SPAM)vasys" <"no(SPAM)vasys"@adelphia.net> wrote:
>Ken Muldrew wrote:
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>> My plan is just to drill some guide holes
>> in a block at the appropriate angle and then clamp the block onto the
>> rails (and later onto the ends of the balusters). Does anyone have any
>> better ideas?
>>
>
>Drill the holes before cutting the angles on the balusters.
Thank you, Jack, I will certainly do that.
Ken Muldrew
[email protected]
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On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 17:23:01 GMT, [email protected] (Ken Muldrew)
wrote:
>I'm building a stair railing with three rails that has long balusters
>between the lower two rails and short between the upper two. The
>stairs have a landing so there's about a 10' section and a 4' section.
>
>
>Here is a poor picture of the lower section:
>
>http://www.ucalgary.ca/~kmuldrew/woodworking/rail.jpg
>
>For the smaller section I drilled dowel holes perpendicular to the
>rails and the angled ends of the balusters. This didn't work well
>because any clamping pressure immediately cantilevered the rails. It
>took a lot of mashing with a mallet and the heel of my hand to get it
>all together. For the longer section I want to drill the dowel holes
>parallel to the ballusters. My plan is just to drill some guide holes
>in a block at the appropriate angle and then clamp the block onto the
>rails (and later onto the ends of the balusters). Does anyone have any
>better ideas?
>
>Ken Muldrew
>[email protected]
>(remove all letters after y in the alphabet)
It *appears* that you have completed some task out of normal sequence.
From the pic it is hard to see much detail as it is from too far back.
Anyway, good luck.
J