Good stuff Curt, thanks for sharing that. Reminds me of the days of starting out trying to make things.
Kind Regards, Timothy J. Ziegler Ziegler WoodWork & Specialty Ziegler Laser Worx LLC 14171 160th Ave. Foreston MN 56330 320-294-5798 shop 320-630-2243 cell On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 7:13 PM 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills < legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> wrote: > This is a neat web page. It is NOT Legacy related, but what one person > needed to do to make his own spindles. > > I enjoyed reading this, I hope others will too? > C.A.G. > > https://roomuptop.blogspot.com/2008/08/spiral-stair-central-column-once-in.html > FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2008 > Spiral stair central column - a once in a lifetime experiance > <https://roomuptop.blogspot.com/2008/08/spiral-stair-central-column-once-in.html> > This was one of those challanges I like to prove I can do, but am glad I > only have to do once. > > The design calls for a central timber that the stairs can fix on to. BUT I > wanted it to look good and so did Wendy. Therfore: > > > > Thirteen slots to take the risers need to be cut in the square post 100 x > 100mm at exactly the right angle. After much designing I made a jig to take > my router, by unbolting and moving the matal slider frame round the > pre-drilled holes I could get the right angles. The carrier for the router > fitted both ways in the frame and was sized so that turning it through 180 > degrees gave me the right width of slot. The frame was sized to give the > length of slot with screws in the router carrier for fine adjustment. > > > > > It worked a treat. > > Next I wanted an Acorn on the top to match the existing newels. None are > available off the shelf so how to make one? and do really want to just > stick one on the top. > > NO make a 14 foot long lathe > > > By using a router to do the cutting I don't need to spin the timber fast. > So one pivot on the garage door and another on the Workmate, a jig for the > router and I'm all tooled up. Almost > > > > > > Spining by hand is a little tricky while guiding the router so I made it > into a foot operated pole lathe, with a motorbike inner tube as the return > and tensioner a piece of rope and a bit wood for the treadle. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/1177833722.578727.1698711193193%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/1177833722.578727.1698711193193%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/CAMBiJLHXkZ0g32YmVryKFMs7%3Dqh7sXB3Ns%3DfKTT2rLgkf1037Q%40mail.gmail.com.
