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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 78

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50 HANDRAILING. to B D. On the bevel line b d set off half the thickness of the rail on each side of the centre o. Draw the top and bottom, and G … Fig. w. which is only one inch wider than the rail. The mould, however, must be retained the full width for bevelling the wreath, which is done in the same way as any other of a similar construction. 13. A word or two as to the lengths of balusters that are necessary here, and on some of the other…

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