Just an update on that deck with a circular tier I was building (see message 43975). Here are some pics of the circular railing and posts I made. It all went pretty well. I only have the latticework on the base of the deck to complete. All in all, there was certainly extra work involved, but I think the end result was worth it.
J Painter
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Now thats something to be proud of !!!
Beautiful job!
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Dude, that rules. Totally! And, you're a way-above-average photographer.
How'd you build the rail cap and shoe?
That is some handsome deck!
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Very nice! What is the decking material?
I'm impressed! What are the railings made of? How did you bend them? Is the floor ipe? Is this on your house, or is this a contrat job. I'd like to build some really cool stuff like that, but need to find someone with the bucks to make it worth my while.
jpainter
Very nice, make's the extra work all worth it I imagine! Nothing like some curved work to separate yours from all the others!
Doug
Nice work.
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That's some sweet toolin' ,I did a circular deck W no rail (little "ground-floater") didn't look half as good as yours .Whats your top-rail made of (bendable poly?) Go ahead and gloat... I mean give us details on how. (Vent)...
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Very nice looking piece of work there. You oughta be proud of that.
You gotta fill us in on the railings though.......
Diesel & Others:
Well, the secret to the rail was not bending at all. I've done some of that, but it wasn't practical for this application. The rails and balusters are clear cedar, which makes one think twice before making each cut! The bottom rail is 2x10 cedar which was cut to the shape of the curve. The top rail is a sandwich of 1x10 and 2x10 cedar to get to the thickness I wanted. They are glued with poly glue and tacked together with brads.
The curved shape was accomplished with a process that started with a luan plywood pattern. The curved pattern was screwed to a 2x10 blank and then I cut within a 32nd to the line with a jigsaw (gotta love the accuracy of my Bosch). Then I took the pattern/blank to the router table and used a 2" straight pattern-cutting bit to clean up the line right to the pattern.
Now, after creating all the curved top rail blanks, I milled the top curve, the middle bead, the bottom chamfer and the groove underneath that received the ballusters. Of course, since these were curved, I needed to create two curved FENCES for the router table (one inside, one outside) in order to use the router. It sounds crazy, but I did all of the curved pieces in one day in production mode.
The posts, by the way, are made entirely of Koma, with a 4x4 pt post inside. The decking is ipe. This is my own deck (I'm just a local-yocal hack) so I could afford to go a little over the top. The more people told me it couldn't be done the more stubborn I got! I'm funny that way, as are most of you, I'm sure. :-)
J Painter
Those were well worth the download time!
I saved the images to my drive architectural details folder - with your name of course - to admire more later.
Thanks for sharing.
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Boy, those curved rails look almost too clean to be wood ! Very nice router / template work !
Tell me, what is this Koma ? I went out looking on the web and couldn't find anything at all relating to structure, or materials.
Good job there !
Koma and Azek are two brand names for PVC trim boards. Very nice to work with, it tools beautifully.
Looks awesome J painter you do real nice work , i`ve always wanted to build a round deck for someone but never really got the opportunity to do it.
That is one awesome deck!!!!
How about some more pictures????
Any more details???
Beautiful work