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 42
20 HANDRAILING. In Fig. c let tlie semicircle a c ehe the plan of the centre of the rail, and enclosed by the tangents ab, b c dj d e. Unfold the tangents as Sit a b c d e on Fig. D. Draw the landing line, / g, and at the proper distance above it (this distance should … ^^9 ^. be about three or four inches to the under side of the rail), the centre line of the wreath, h j\ cut- ting the perpendiculars b and d in points h andy. From h draw h k, and from j draw / / to the rake as given by the hypothenuse of the pitch-board. From h k and j I set r Landin(j ^ off half…
Hand-railing · Stair building
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