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 137
101 PLANS OF STAIRCASES. stated, must be described by the method of draw- ing a scroll as given in Handrailing." It will be somewhat smaller than the scroll according as the handrail overhangs the balusters little or much ; the size at its smallest part, as a. Fig. 13, which is called the neck,… … gether ; the figure also shows the veneer attached, and the position of the first and second risers. The veneer should be put on according to the di- rections previously given for a round cornered step (5), plenty of glue being used ; the wedges driven in first at a and then at b, so that it may be…
Hand-railing · Stair building
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