Thread: Interesting staircase ...take two

Can we talk about a theoretical staircase? Even a link to the staircase?
What the Hello is a staircase anyway?
Bunch of skinny rods and a bannister & knewel posts?
No more than the step treads?

Seriously, we should mess with this, even for the benefit of exposing flaws in the software that could be patched.
Far too many pictures of fabulous works have been tossed off here, like in other sites. Management bites really hard.

Well, I just took the bait and Googled [interesting staircase], and got a boatload of them. Some of them really bizarre.

Please don't delete this thread.

Cheers,
Joe

There's a rustic furniture shop down my street, they use diamond willow for everything.
Did a dining room table (glass top and 8 chairs), then some queen size beds.
The best (wish I had a pic to show you) was a full height staircase bannister and spindles, all diamond willow.

Each spindle is figured and about 1.5" thick, the same wood that they use for walking canes.
The finish is commonly MinWax Tung Oil Protective Finish, No brush, no spray.
Instead, they wear a plastic glove and a cotton glove over that. Dip in the finish and wipe on.
No splatter, no overspray, each done in less than a minute.

I watched them put a coat on a batch of 50 walking canes.
Ironically, a year later, I was buying one of those to aid walking after an accident!

The invisible staircase I tried to post a picture of was of the spiral variety.
If anyone can post a picture of it I will send them a gift wrapped present.
No, there are no links Robson Valley.
Ha ha, maybe a theoretical one is better!
I will honor my promise though.

If you're thirsty for staircases, I found a few. Google 'Pioneer Log Homes', Select Images and scroll down. Mostly exteriors and rooms.
They build your house at their place in Williams Lake, BC. Then they pack it up and ship it to your place for re-assembly.

Okay, the drum-roll ended days ago but I think I have the picture sorted now.
Here it is....
unnamed.jpg Hooray!
I quite like this one.

Beautiful. Looks like western red cedar from the BC coast.
Interior WRC logs are usually rotten in the core but no impact on tree growth!
Who did this one?

Hi Robson, I have no idea who made it. It was one of a smorgasboard of interesting woodwork pictures that came to me in a silly email.
It does look like a northern hemisphere item for some reason.
It does look very solid. Also seems to take up a lot of room.
I guess what tickled my fancy was that ...It's not often a woodworker gets to work with big lumps of wood like that very often these days.
Once upon a time 30 odd years ago my first staircase was a spiral one and I was very proud of it. Looks like a baby compared to that one though.