Thread: Staircase

Good workout for all your skills Ad!! Designing, flat work, turning..

I think you should adopt me so that I don't have to do these tings myself!

I think you should adopt me so that I don't have to do these tings myself![/QUOTE]

Why should I? In the first place, than you have to move over to Holland.
Could be done, not a bad country.
Second, sounds not so good to let me do all the work.
Ad

Ad we have a member at the Ornamental turners who is Dutch I am going to take your drawing and get it translated Only so I know its not swearing on the forum in Dutch

Don't forget pics as you go a WiP of scaling to new heights It will increase your love of turning I bet.

Ray

very nice drawing,

i am bit worried that your stairs may be to steep,

your riser height is 200mm as a standard in aust we try to stay around the 180 / 180

your tread is only 220mm which is not deep enough IMO.

good luck with it

Originally Posted by Gaza

very nice drawing,

i am bit worried that your stairs may be to steep,

your riser height is 200mm as a standard in aust we try to stay around the 180 / 180

your tread is only 220mm which is not deep enough IMO.

good luck with it

I've seen steeper in Holland. The way it was explained to me, is that property taxes are based on the building's footprint, and steep stairs minimize "wasted" space. To maneuver furniture, most houses have a ridge beam extending beyond the roof, for attachment of hoisting means, and a "Dutch" door/window at each floor under the ridge. It could be even steeper with a "winder" (the three-step affair) at the first landing, too. Necessity is the Mother of Invention, and the Dutch are pretty clever at it.

Top effort, Ad.

Cheers,
Joe

Originally Posted by Gaza

very nice drawing,

i am bit worried that your stairs may be to steep,

your riser height is 200mm as a standard in aust we try to stay around the 180 / 180

your tread is only 220mm which is not deep enough IMO.

good luck with it

the riser on my stairs (which date from arround 1895) is 220mm and the tread 200mm, but there's an overhang so the "effective" tread width is about 250mm.

somewhere there's a rule of thumb about the sum of the riser and tread dimensions falling within a fairly tight range -- achieve it and your swtairs work, miss and they're difficult to climb

Yes, will be watching with interest Ad. Hope it all goes well for you. House repairs always have a way of snowballing to other things too so beware

Originally Posted by Gaza

very nice drawing,

i am bit worried that your stairs may be to steep,

your riser height is 200mm as a standard in aust we try to stay around the 180 / 180

your tread is only 220mm which is not deep enough IMO.

good luck with it

The stairs in my house has a riser height of 185mm, with a tread of 185mm, the stair angle is 45 degrees, but it may be 200x200mm, in according with the Dutch norms.
I have to admit in earlier times 180x180 was than the norm.
In these modern times people are taller, than in the earlier times. I'm almost 1,8 meter tall, but a little guy, in compare with younger people. Most younger people, just like my two sons are almost 2 meter tall.
Ad

Originally Posted by wheelinround

Ad we have a member at the Ornamental turners who is Dutch I am going to take your drawing and get it translated Only so I know its not swearing on the forum in Dutch

Don't forget pics as you go a WiP of scaling to new heights It will increase your love of turning I bet.

Ray

Ray, Dutch is not so difficult, in a certain way many words are almost the same like English.
With the independence of the USA, they had to vote what language, Dutch or English.
The English language won, with a majority of one vote.
Bad luck for me, else it was so easy for me....))
Ad

The needed wood arrived.
So goodbye lathe for a while....
Ad

Finished the first part of the staircase.
Wait with working on the second part, untill I recieve the right (clean) dimensions, after they are finished with there isolation sheets work at the outside wall.
Think I'm working too fast......))
Cheers, Ad

Never watched a WIP on a staircase before, this will be interesting.

Agree with Waldo!

The only staircases I have had anything to do with consisted of steel stringers and tread holders to wich timber treads were bolted. Hardly interesting.