Common-sense stair building and handrailing (1903)
Hodgson, Frederick Thomas, 1836-1919 · Chicago, F. J. Drake & Co · leaf 131
crews put through them into thewooden rail, which makes the whole work very solid.The iron bar should just be the width of the balusters,and the groove in the wooden rail should be deepenough to admit of the whole thickness of the metal.Often the bottom tread of a stair takes a quarterturn and… … ^.. \. .*.2fd$ing. \,\\ \;ty,\^-Veneer Wedges Fig. 27. whole length of curve and return, but is cut out wherethe curve occurs and thinned down to a quarter of aninch. A solid block, as shown, is fastened to the floorin the proper place, being curved to the right shape.The newel is put in position,…
Stair building · Hand-railing
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