[aa_custom]

@Skillman asked me to do a thread with some photos of my stair and railing work, so I figured hey why not.

Heres some photos of the first big one I did.

Bending rail for the radiused landing. Pretty stressful glue up. That rail costs 55 bucks a foot!

Here it is fresh out of the forms.

Tricky newel post notch the post the goes in the winder section.

Progress of rail and baluster install

So many fittings! The LJ Smith components are pretty sweet though. The top pops off so you dont have to fiddle around underneath.

Knee wall detail wrapped up

Radiused landing detail

More curves!

After paint and stain

[aa_custom]

Here is what it looked like when I got there

[NJBuilder]

Awesome. I love nice stairs. Those are beautiful

[aa_custom]

oops…

[aa_custom]

Heres an exterior set I did over the summer.

Cedar, trex and stainless cable railing.

SO MANY STRINGERS!!!!

[aa_custom]

before and after

[aa_custom]

Heres the last one I did. A restoration to try to match the existing bit that was left.

Excuse the bluriness

More tricky notches

Tight joints!

[NJBuilder]

Awesome

[aa_custom]

NJBuilder wrote:

Awesome

Thanks man!

[Warren6810]

Outstanding work. I have framed many different sets of stairs. I rarely get to do any trim work on them though.

[kurt@welkerhomes.com]

Stairs are really an art. It takes a lifetime to learn all of the tricks. I have a guy I sub mine to, he loves the complicated ones. They tend to excite him.

[aa_custom]

kurt@welkerhomes.com wrote:

Stairs are really an art. It takes a lifetime to learn all of the tricks. I have a guy I sub mine to, he loves the complicated ones. They tend to excite him.

The first one I posted is the stair I’ve ever built. It was like a crash course in stair building. I loved every minute of it. I’m trying to reach out to builders to get into more stair work.

[jkirk]

that is some truly amazing work. i love seeing more elaborate stairs in construction.. especially teh process of laminated bent rails. my hats off to you and keep up the great work

heres a tip, dont fart in a space suit

[aa_custom]

Thanks guys!

@Warren6810 was it you that had the curved staircase project over on ct?

[staker]

That is some awesome work.

[PI_Woodworker]

That is absolutely awesome work. You are truly a craftsman Aaron! It would be blast to work with you and learn.

[jponto07]

Quality work! I especially like the close ups of the tight joints! In the “paint grade age” it seems like the level of work has gone down. Nice work!

Jon P.
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[CrpntrFeak]

Very cool!! Love the work!!!

[overanalyze]

Oh my gosh! Fantastic work! The detail and fit and finish is top notch. Thanks for all the pics.

Andrew

A Working Pro since 1995!

Member since March 26, 2014.

[TopNotch]

Impressive work Aaron!

Working Pro since 1993

Tom M

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