{"id":1186,"date":"2012-11-24T11:37:42","date_gmt":"2012-11-24T11:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stairdesignsoftware.net\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2024-05-20T14:52:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T13:52:15","slug":"traditional-wreathed-stair-using-high-and-low-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wooddesigner.org\/traditional-wreathed-stair-using-high-and-low-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Traditional Wreathed Stair Using High and Low Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have already published a few photos of the stairs made by Rick and Andy Suckely.<\/p>

Rick has recently sent me the photos of the finished stair so I thought I’d write a quick summary of the project to show how they build a high end bespoke stair using horizontal laminates, traditional tangent hand railing and modern cnc.<\/p>

A while ago I was contacted by Rick a skilled cabinet maker and cnc expert.<\/p>

Rick and his brother Andy of Holts Cabinets situated in the UK near Liverpool, were building a curved stair with wreathed handrails and needed some help setting it up.<\/p>

Here are the plans and general layout of the stairs:<\/p>

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To simplify the construction I suggested that they use my horizontal laminates to build the strings and gave Rick a hand setting up the design and drawing.<\/p>

This was Ricks first stair and the quality of craftsmanship that Rick and Andy showed in making this stair is exceptional.<\/p>

The laminates were machined up in only one day on Ricks CNC router, a router he built himself!.<\/p>

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This stair has double evolution that needed 2 curved strings and wreathed handrails. The stair required the machining of around 200 horizontal laminates and Ricks CNC was a great time saver here!<\/p>

Here’s a photo of the horizontal laminates assembled in the workshop:<\/p>

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Rick had no experience in building wreathed handrails so I suggested that he read through my ebook on setting up wreathed rails using the tangent system.<\/p>

After reading the book Rick used the tangent system to machine up the wreathed rails on his 3 axis CNC router.<\/p>

Here are the separate sections just off the router:<\/p>

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Here is the hand rail assembled in the workshop:<\/p>

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The finished stair is very impressive and shows of Rick and Andy’s exceptional design and woodworking skills:<\/p>

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Note that in this project modern technology is at the service of traditional skills and craftsmanship and both are needed to build a very complex project in a minimum amount of time.<\/p>

This project is a great example of how to combine modern laminating and traditional hand railing techniques with modern high tech cnc to build a fantastically beautiful traditional stair.<\/p>

Many thanks to rick and Andy for these great photos.<\/p>

To read other articles on this subect click the following links:<\/p>

Building Wreathed rails using Tangent Hand Railing<\/a><\/p>

How to build a cut string<\/a><\/p>

Modern techniques for building curved stairs<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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