How To Build a Professional Housed Stringer Staircase - Part 1 of 3

This video series will show you how to build a professional stain grade staircase that will last a century.
Link to make wedges
• How to Cut Wood Wedges...
Link to make template
• How to make the templa...

[@geraldpolmateer3255]

There is a very good article on building closed and open stairs in Fine Woodworking September/October, 1981, No. 30, pages 48-55. The title of the article is "Building Stairs: Harry Waldemar shows the old-time way to a custom job". The magazine is published by Taunton Press, P.O. Box 355, Newtown, CT 06470 I have been building stairs for over 40 years and do it the same way as the article. The most recent set I built were with straight carriages and so I used LVLs because the stairs were about 18 feet in length and hardwood cannot be bought in that length. The LVLs were 1-3/4' x 15" x 20'. I used two on the outside and one down the middle. The LVLs were much cheaper than using enough lumber to laminate that much. The lumber yard gave me a good deal on them because a customer had returned them. For three of them I paid $180. For the inside of the carriages I sawed veneers from a piece of wood and matched the ends on the stringers in such a way that the joint would be the shortest length across.

[@davidcallsen5204]

Best stairs video yet. 2 things . Use a trammel point or hypotenuse to make both stringers perfect and put the templet guide at a 45 degree on plywood, add 2 slots with washers on the sides and adjust rise and run for every different spec. That way, no total layout, just 1.

[@rd-ch1on]

" If they are not a mirror image, you have a problem ".....lol. Great video, thanks for sharing.

[@housebuilder1924]

Ya. You will end up with two sets of stairs at the end. lol

[@Anthonythesider]

A nosing piece at the top is not a step. Now that top riser is taller

[@taidang9540]

Where can I buy that ruler?

[@andrewfine6393]

I can’t seem to find the videos you mentioned about the wedges and the template. Any chance you could link to them?

[@RobinsonCustomWoodworking]

thanks for watching, links are in the video description now

[@chriscollins7586]

What bit is good to use in the Router?

[@RobinsonCustomWoodworking]

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[@scottwright388]

I could say a lot, but I'll only say 7°dovetail.