A practical treatise on handrailing : showing new and simple methods for finding the pitch of the plank, drawing the moulds, bevelling, jointing-up, and squaring the wreath (1890)
Collings, George · London : Crosby Lockwood and Son · leaf 136
100 STAIRBUILDING. lower end of the top wall string, tlie height a B (Fig. 11), being equal to A b in Fig. 10. Fig. 12 shows the upper end of the first wall string ; c d being equal to c d in Fig. 10. These strings should be grooved and tongued at the angles, and the bead or moulding on the top… … relating to the outer string in the order in which they occur as we ascend the stairs. This will give us the curtail step first, which, as previously
Hand-railing · Stair building
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