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 152
116 STAIRBUILDING. Fig. 22, shows a semi-circular* plan of the walls for a staircase of this description, and Fig. 23 represents the ribs elevated to their supposed pitch, and showing, their straight edges with … bend easily ; two or three pieces being glued up at a time, with bars of wood placed across them sufficieiitly close, and screwed at each end into the boarding of the cylinder ; so as to force out the glue and press the joints up closely. The veneers should not be too thick, or there will be a *…
Hand-railing · Stair building
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