We used a skilsaw to cut the straight and jig saw for the curved portions. If you have readily available, you could make one pattern as perfect as possible, then using a router with a pattern bit duplicate the rest of the treads
Good video, thanks for upload. Fiy : The code for treads on a curved stair have a code requirement that is measured at 1/4 the tread width from each end. The minimum distance on the short side and maximum distance on the outside work in conjunction with the rise. Your 7' rise would most likely work fine (and meet code) with the 11 3/4" run if that dimension was at the center of the tread, but not on the end as you've done here. If you can find it, there is a wonderful book called "A Treatise on Stair building and Hand railing". Last I tried to find it, it was out of print though. Sad as this is the only worthwhile book on the subject I have ever seen.
Your instructional video is more for rough carpenters than actual stair carpenter's. This is a method for these guys but finish staircases with hardwood treads and such are quite different. The best kinds of these are constructed in a factory and installed in a day or so. Often times, even a complete balustrade has been pre-fit, knocked down and ready to be reinstalled. This way, all of the difficult aspects of stair construction have been addressed at the factory (where all the tools and clamps are.) In addition, free-standing or floating stairs with structural laminated stringers, usually come fully engineered with stamped drawings. Many building departments require fully engineered drawings before they'll approve such structures. And that's just for starters... So don't attempt such project's without approval from your local building department.
Thanks for the advice. This is just a training video for our students to challenge them beyond basic stair construction. Not intended to train the public. We want to challenge students to take carpentry trigonometry to a higher level and we found this project does just that. Please realize this video is over 10 years old and many a framer has built similar stairs and codes and engineering has changed since then. Our inspiration was Jed Dixon who is very well known on the east coast for and has been featured many times in the past at JLC Live conferences teaching practically the same method. I've intended to make this videos private, but it's much easier to have them public for our students to access. I'm always amazed on how some comments really like what we presented here but then again, we get others who tell us we're doing it all wrong. Doesn't bother me, everyone has an opinion and I listen to all of them good or bad. Thanks for watching and your opinion.
@@glenmartin629 I know of Jed Dixon and a few of the guys on JLC. In fact I wrote a follow-up article in TIC magazine about handrail seminars I was privileged to be a part of. I enjoyed your TH-cam and really appreciate the training you've provided. The stair industry still lacks any real apprenticeship programs however and that's too bad because it's one of the few practical, woodworking professions that still allowed for some creativity and artwork. I also used to be quite a JLC forum participant and loved discussing handrail problems. Thanks for getting back with me.
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Thanks for the detailed approach, it helps to see all the stages in such a clear and easy to understanding manner.
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How did you cut out the stair trends to match the pattern you laid out?
We used a skilsaw to cut the straight and jig saw for the curved portions. If you have readily available, you could make one pattern as perfect as possible, then using a router with a pattern bit duplicate the rest of the treads
Good video, thanks for upload. Fiy : The code for treads on a curved stair have a code requirement that is measured at 1/4 the tread width from each end. The minimum distance on the short side and maximum distance on the outside work in conjunction with the rise. Your 7' rise would most likely work fine (and meet code) with the 11 3/4" run if that dimension was at the center of the tread, but not on the end as you've done here.
If you can find it, there is a wonderful book called "A Treatise on Stair building and Hand railing". Last I tried to find it, it was out of print though. Sad as this is the only worthwhile book on the subject I have ever seen.
thanks ....for all details
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Your instructional video is more for rough carpenters than actual stair carpenter's.
This is a method for these guys but finish staircases with hardwood treads and such are quite different.
The best kinds of these are constructed in a factory and installed in a day or so. Often times, even a complete balustrade has been pre-fit, knocked down and ready to be reinstalled.
This way, all of the difficult aspects of stair construction have been addressed at the factory (where all the tools and clamps are.)
In addition, free-standing or floating stairs with structural laminated stringers, usually come fully engineered with stamped drawings.
Many building departments require fully engineered drawings before they'll approve such structures.
And that's just for starters...
So don't attempt such project's without approval from your local building department.
Thanks for the advice. This is just a training video for our students to challenge them beyond basic stair construction. Not intended to train the public. We want to challenge students to take carpentry trigonometry to a higher level and we found this project does just that. Please realize this video is over 10 years old and many a framer has built similar stairs and codes and engineering has changed since then. Our inspiration was Jed Dixon who is very well known on the east coast for and has been featured many times in the past at JLC Live conferences teaching practically the same method. I've intended to make this videos private, but it's much easier to have them public for our students to access.
I'm always amazed on how some comments really like what we presented here but then again, we get others who tell us we're doing it all wrong. Doesn't bother me, everyone has an opinion and I listen to all of them good or bad. Thanks for watching and your opinion.
@@glenmartin629 I know of Jed Dixon and a few of the guys on JLC. In fact I wrote a follow-up article in TIC magazine about handrail seminars I was privileged to be a part of.
I enjoyed your TH-cam and really appreciate the training you've provided.
The stair industry still lacks any real apprenticeship programs however and that's too bad because it's one of the few practical, woodworking professions that still allowed for some creativity and artwork.
I also used to be quite a JLC forum participant and loved discussing handrail problems.
Thanks for getting back with me.