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 139
CASES. front edge for this purpose. Sometimes the bot- tom edge of the riser is tongued into the back of the tread as at A. Screws should be used for securing the back of the tread to the lower edge of 15. the riser ; and the joint, instead of being perfectly square, should be shot a little under… … cut to the curve of the back of the riser. This rib is then let into the middle of the curtail block, and when the curves of each are properly ad- justed, the rib and block are glued and screwed
Hand-railing · Stair building
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