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DavidR8's shop shenanigans
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Only once at my Calgary house. Those were a full story tall. Hard to do by myself.Looks to me that you've done this before
You got it sir!
David got himself a new wood lathe?
Yup. A Rikon 70-220VSR
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 workerI 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.
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Metal is just a harder wood.Definitely been a woodworker longer than a metal worker
DPittman
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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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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).
DPittman
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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.
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>
sigh... what's up with that.... <WINK>
We will put the same stuff on all the end cuts too.
If I get ten years out of them I’ll be happy.
I know right? I’m such a slacker!