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 141
CHAPTER II. The Wreathed String. 8. The next subject for consideration is the " wreathed string . for the narrow ends of the winders at k e l, Fig. 9. But in the first place we must consider the cylinder^ or more properly semi-cylinder^ on which the wreathed string is glued-up to its proper form.… … board about 18 inches wide ; the whole to be nailed to two legs cut to the required shape at top. The length should be sufficient to take the whole length of the string that is required to be glued-up. There are several ways in which the wreathed g2
Hand-railing · Stair building
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