I dont post like I used to as to me these stairs look mostly alike. I dont get the least bit tired of building them however. Each one is its own challenge and when you let your guard down a little..they will bite.
Anyway…this is a cherry and poplar stairway.
Stan
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Stan,
As always. Looks great. I like your clamp storege system.
Chuck S
A fascinating, yet tragic gentleman named Wm. Larnach, built a "castle" on the Otago Peninsula off the eastern coast of the south island of NZ...it is called "Larnach Castle" and I toured it while vacationing in NZ this past February.
Although I don't believe we've ever met Stan, I was thinking of you and your stair work when I toured the Larnach Castle:
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Mr. Larnach brought in artisians and tradesmen from all over the world...and materials too, to build this house. The workmanship and materials utilized and some innovative methods and items make this place a recommended "MUST SEE" for any BTer who visits NZ (IMHO). In particular, the staircase in it is fantastic.
In the book "King of the Castle, a Biography of Wlliam Larnach" by Fleur Snedden, chapter 9 is devoted to specific information regarding the Castle itself, whose construction began in 1871.
They do not allow picture taking in the interior...but I'll scan a copy of it they have on one of their postcards (which I of course purchased to send AND keep copies of!) if you'd like to see it.
The staircase is termed "unique in the southern hemisphere" as it is "a spiral staircase of late Georgian design with no supporting centre post...it's complex curves derive their strength from the precise and careful workmanship of Walter Riddell. The bannisters are mahogany, the steps oak, and the handrails is not steam bent but instead, carved from solid kauri. All the woodwork was dowelled, not nailed." (info liberally excerpted from the aforementioned book)
Bottom line: whether it is here on BT or while I'm out and about, I always enjoy seeing quality workmanship.
Only dead fish swim with the stream.
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Mizshedder: Hey...I am flattered to be thought of....thanks.
Thank you for that post. That looks very interesting and I would love to see more.
Stan
These are scanned off their official Larnach Castle Postcard pics of the subj staircase. They don't quite do justice to seeing this item IRL, but is best I can do for ya!
From ground floor level:
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And looking down into the staircase from the third floor level:
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Here's a pic of me on the front stairs of Larnach Castle (last item I'll post in this thread Stan...I promise!!!)
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mizshredder: Wow...that is a stairway. Thanks for posting that.....
Stan
No problem.
Thanks for posting YOUR work...I'll never be able to do what you do but I can certainly enjoy seeing it and appreciating what goes into it.
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mizshredder: Thanks for the sincere compliment. I really appreciate it coming from YOU.....
Stan
What do you think? Three flights, Limoux, France. Best work vacation yet.
Judo Chop!
Sweet, very sweet.
You don't get tired of makin 'em and we don't get tired of seein 'em.
Never serious, but always right.
Edited 6/13/2007 12:51 am by JRuss
Another very impressive piece! I printed up one of your stairways and showed it to my class a few months ago. I got a good reaction when I said with a straigt face " this is your next shop project".
Have a good day
Cliffy
Cliffy: Just tell your class than no matter how complicated a stairway....they are all built a step at a time...
Stan
Thats good advice. I tried to explain with a diagram and comparing a curved stair to a spiral stair and lost the whole works. I kinda wonder ball park what it would cost to do a 9 foot rise like that in oak?
Have a good day
Cliffy