Well its not up to Stan’s or Andy’s caliber but I thought I would share my latest creation.
It started as this:
Then the lumber pile showed up:
After a few days, finally the project was pretty much done.
I still have some touch ups and I need a kitchen, but its getting closer. I milled all of the parts. The rails and spindles are joined using MT joints.
The design was approved by the BI in my area.
Brad
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Very nice.
Brad,Very nice! I really like your design.
Beautiful work, great job.
A "FEW" days huh? LOL
great work.
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Wow. Nice work.
Were you able to build the whole thing with the wood on the trailer?
Scott.
The trailer is missing about 100bdft of 8/4 cherry and maybe a bit of 6/4 too.
Thks for the comment.
Cool, pleasant to look at. Are grooves vees? And, how'd you make the grille part? Any cloesups?
Now I wish I could give Brother Bill his great thrill
I would set him in chains at the top of the hill
Then send out for some pillars and Cecil B. DeMille
He could die happily ever after"
Brad- That is very nice work sir. I would be proud to say I built that. Lots of nice detail that looks like it was well thought out and executed.
Stan
It is so cool to hear comments from yourself and others I respect such as Sphere, Snort.... I gained even more appreciation for your curved work as I muddled through this project.
Thks.
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very cool! i am really impressed with that lattice,wow.i can't imagine the time factor. larryYOU ONLY NEED TWO TOOLS IN LIFE - WD-40 AND DUCT TAPE. IF IT DOESN'TMOVE AND SHOULD, USE THE WD-40. IF IT SHOULDN'T MOVE AND DOES, USE THEDUCT TAPE.
I have tons of pictures.
The grooves in the box newels and the spindles are square. I went with 8mm in the box newels and 4mm in the spindles. I didnt particularily care for the square edges, but thats what I had. The 8mm was made using a dado head and the 4mm was a square tip jointing blade (I have euro tools, sorry).
Here is a picture of the parts for one of the long lattice segments and a close up of it completed. They are all half lapped togther. I tried a couple other methods, but I didnt like the result as much. This was one of the more time consuming parts. I learned the importance of precision making these. Little errors really add up when you have 40 or more cuts to make.
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Brad
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Thanks for the pics, great showing of craftmanship, as well.http://www.tvwsolar.com
Now I wish I could give Brother Bill his great thrill
I would set him in chains at the top of the hill
Then send out for some pillars and Cecil B. DeMille
He could die happily ever after"
Great work indeed.You say you've got lots of photos. Stick those up here and start a photo thread on how it all happened. It'd be a thrill to see it come together.'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb
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Excellent work. Milled it all yourself huh? What a chore.
What's the finish?
That's some nice work you did there. Just wondering, are the treads let in to the stringers? If not, how are they fastened?
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Ted, the treads are mortised into the stringers. The tenons are about 1" thick and 1" deep x 10" +-. I should have split the tenons into two or three, but I dont have large moisture changes in my parts. After preparing the tenons I noticed a few checks shortly after that were a concern, but fit fine. I suppose time will tell.
Thanks for the comments.
I didn't think about mortised, but of course that makes sense. The 2 staricases I've built used housed stringers, but those were round nosed treads. That's what threw me, as I couldn't imagine routing them for squared treads.
With housed stringers the treads are inserted from the back into the slot. But with tennoned treads, I guess you had to hold the treads in place while slipping the stringer onto them. I imagine that wasn't an easy task.
Another poster suggested you use all the photos to start a photo gallery thread. I know that would be time consuming, but a good idea if you can muster up the time. Lot's of us here would like to see more details. =)~ Ted W ~
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Awesome - Great work Brad!
How did you mill the half laps in the lattice?
Mike
Wow, that was not easy.
Adding the grooves to the treads was a nice touch.
I was wondering why the newel at the landing was so wide until I realized the lattice on the lower string had to terminate.
Tons of pictures? It would be great to see more of how you tackled this project.
Beautiful work Brad.
Brad, nice work!! be proud man!
WOW! Be proud, very proud.
Well, I love it and all, but when are you going to finish, and paint it that cool green and purple and yellow and red color scheme?
I saw the ends of some of the raw lumber was color-marked so's you know where it went according to your pretty picture.
You musta' been working with some interior designer guy for those colors . . .
Oh - wait - you said "cherry", not "cheery".
Forrest ;-)
Thks to everyone for the compliments. I will add a gallery with some production shots and the varoius jigs I made up.
Brad