ToughButterCup Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Anyone know how to get the SPACES between the rods exactly the same all the way along the run? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Punter Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Cut a bit of wood 99mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 8 minutes ago, Mr Punter said: Cut a bit of wood 99mm. That will likely leave an odd gap at one end. Work out the minimum No of spindles you need to get 99mm or less gap. Put all the spindles together at one end. Measure the total gap. Divide by No of spindles plus 1. Cut two spacer blocks (one for top and one for bottom) It gets even more fun if you have a half landing and a returning stair of a different length....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Punter Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 1 minute ago, ProDave said: That will likely leave an odd gap at one end. Work out the minimum No of spindles you need to get 99mm or less gap. Put all the spindles together at one end. Measure the total gap. Divide by No of spindles plus 1. Cut two spacer blocks (one for top and one for bottom) I assumed a run of infinite length! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToughButterCup Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 Thanks Dave. I'd like to finish a run of louvres with a louvre, not a space. Using your logic, then the total gap (for calculation purposes) reduces by the width of 2 louvres, I think....? Meantime I found this. He makes the same point as you about top and bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 You mean stair spindles..?? Nice picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 41 minutes ago, ToughButterCup said: Thanks Dave. I'd like to finish a run of louvres with a louvre, not a space. Using your logic, then the total gap (for calculation purposes) reduces by the width of 2 louvres, I think....? Meantime I found this. He makes the same point as you about top and bottom. That YT video shows exactly what I was trying to describe to measure and work out the spacing. What you you mean by Louvres? that makes no sense to me in the context of stair spindles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToughButterCup Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 (edited) Perhaps I should have titled the thread Spacing Things Evenly. My louvres are vertical- more like stair rods. As I see it the problem of spacing is about calculating the space available AFTER adding the widths of everything that you are going to put in the space Edited June 23, 2020 by ToughButterCup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Yes the same applies. Stack them all up at one end. Measure the total gap, and then divide that by the number of spaces. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 That is the approach - calculate your gap, work out the total "thickness", count up the boards. Then basically deduct this board thickness and divide then remove the board thickness and divide by boards +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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