DavidR8's shop shenanigans

[DavidR8]

The rebuildening has begun.

 

[DavidR8]

Stair stringer template made. Fits perfectly. Stairs land exactly where I need them to land.

 

[YYCHM]

Stair stringer template made. Fits perfectly. Stairs land exactly where I need them to land.

Looks to me that you've done this before

 

[RobinHood]

Notice the CAD drawing on the wooden posts… online stair calculator to the rescue?

Looks great David!

 

[DavidR8]

Looks to me that you've done this before

Only once at my Calgary house. Those were a full story tall. Hard to do by myself.

 

[DavidR8]

Notice the CAD drawing on the wooden posts… online stair calculator to the rescue?

Looks great David!

You got it sir!

 

[DavidR8]

And decked.
Need risers filled in and railings but that’s me done for the today.
Tomorrow off to Vancouver to pick up my wood lathe.

 

[YYCHM]

Tomorrow off to Vancouver to pick up my wood lathe.

David got himself a new wood lathe?

 

[DavidR8]

David got himself a new wood lathe?

Yup. A Rikon 70-220VSR

 

[Susquatch]

David got himself a new wood lathe?

I think he isn't really happy with his new stairs and wants a spiral staircase with all the support systems turned on a wood lathe, and the steps milled out on a giant router (aka wood mill)....... Its just too painful to think he is really going over to the dark side.

 

[DavidR8]

I think he isn't really happy with his new stairs and wants a spiral staircase with all the support systems turned on a wood lathe, and the steps milled out on a giant router (aka wood mill)....... Its just too painful to think he is really going over to the dark side.

Definitely been a woodworker longer than a metal worker

 

[Former Member]

Definitely been a woodworker longer than a metal worker

Metal is just a harder wood.

 

[DPittman]

View attachment 25690And decked.
Need risers filled in and railings but that’s me done for the today.
Tomorrow off to Vancouver to pick up my wood lathe.

Looks good. I'm just working on a set of stairs at my mother-in-laws place (also a very wet climate) and decided to go with metal risers instead of wood. Is that something you considered and I am curious why you obviously chose wood over them?

 

[DavidR8]

Looks good. I'm just working on a set of stairs at my mother-in-laws place (also a very wet climate) and decided to go with metal risers instead of wood. Is that something you considered and I am curious why you obviously chose wood over them?

I thought about metal stringers briefly but wanted the flexibility that came with making my own. Metal ones were also very expensive. I was looking at well over $750 for three stringers.

 

[DPittman]

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I thought about metal stringers briefly but wanted the flexibility that came with making my own. Metal ones were also very expensive. I was looking at well over $750 for three stringers.

Oh my gosh, my 5 step risers were about $56 each and I'm using two of them for a 42" wide step. There were aluminum ones also available for similar cost (maybe $60 a piece).

 

[DavidR8]

Let there be posts!

 

[DPittman]

Let there be posts!
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That wood all appears to be the brown "treated" stuff, is that correct. That's what I used also for the treads and I splashed on more of the zinc based treatment but still don't expect them to last real well.

 

[jcdammeyer]

Very disappointed. Here you went to Vancouver to get a wood lathe and yet the posts are square.
sigh... what's up with that.... <WINK>

 

[DavidR8]

That wood all appears to be the brown "treated" stuff, is that correct. That's what I used also for the treads and I splashed on more of the zinc based treatment but still don't expect them to last real well.

We will put the same stuff on all the end cuts too.
If I get ten years out of them I’ll be happy.

 

[DavidR8]

Very disappointed. Here you went to Vancouver to get a wood lathe and yet the posts are square.
sigh... what's up with that.... <WINK>

I know right? I’m such a slacker!