Arch Wood Turnings :: Architectural Turnings

Publication Date:Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:03:29 +0000

These balusters were turned for a customer in San Francisco. The sort of odd thing about these is that although the center diameter is 1 3/4 inches the square ends (not shown) are 1 1/4 inches. That is why I am turning the center area separately. The square top and bottom [...]
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Alder Newel Posts

Publication Date:Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:30:38 +0000

These alder stair newels were turned for a customer in the Colorado Springs, CO area. They measure 5 1/2 inches X 44 inches. The newel cap is not shown but will match the handrail sample sent to me (below). Obviously the newels are over-the-post newels. The newel cap (with matching handrail [...]
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Poplar Renovation Balusters

Publication Date:Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:23:02 +0000

These are for a customer in San Francisco. They are part of a renovation for an older home. Although the originals were much shorter these mimic them (we stretched the “turned” portion). One of the unusual aspects of these is that the largest diameter (at the center) is 1 3/4″. [...]
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Mahogany Balusters

Publication Date:Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:05:37 +0000

These are a set of mahogany balusters that we just finished. They were specked at a certain length for their stairway application. The balusters have a ten inch base, twenty four inches of barley twist and a six inch top. The width of the balusters is 1 3/4 inches. Every other [...]
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Matching Poplar Balusters and Newel

Publication Date:Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:32:57 +0000

We were just contracted by a customer to make these poplar balusters and starter newel for a home in Connecticut. The post-to-post newel has an octagon base middle and top. The top id quite narrow and will require the handrail to attach horizontally. As such, an up easing will have to [...]
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Beautiful Custom Stairs

Publication Date:Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:27:20 +0000

Beautiful Custom Stairs is a web site devoted to the work of Loren Dugan in the Seattle area. I found his site on the web and was so impressed with his work I thought it would be nice to alert my readers to it for inspiration as well as those in the Northwest that might [...]
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Simple Baluster Reproduction

Publication Date:Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:45:23 +0000

These are a set of inside balusters we reproduced in soft maple some time back. The design is simple but nice, I think. The piantee baluster is the original obviously. They measured 1 3/4″ wide at the squares.
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Chamfered Columns

Publication Date:Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:34:12 +0000

These columns (porch posts) were popular in the US in the 18th and 19th century. The chamfered edges terminate in a “lambs tongue”. By the way, a chamfer is a beveled edge connecting two surfaces. If the surfaces are at right angles, the chamfer will typically be symmetrical at 45 degrees (def. from wikipedia). You [...]
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Large Alder Kitchen Island Legs

Publication Date:Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:04:27 +0000

I was contracted to turn these large island legs in alder some time back. Alder is considered by some to be a cherry substitute, I suppose, because it has a pinkish color. That is probably the only common ground between the two species. You might argue that they both have a similar smell. [...]
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Minimalist Staircase Design

Publication Date:Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:46:55 +0000

I suspect that most of my readers are more prone to traditional stair design because that is more of what I have posted about here and at Architectural Turnings. You may, however, like to see what others are doing (other architects and designers that is) in the design arena. At the least, you [...]
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