Today at the Mill

[Lesgrandepotato]

Doing a job I’ve been looking forward to for months. Oiling the stairs. 

Progress has been made but who can spot the elementary mistake? 

 

 

[Ian]

Is it the heights of the first 2 newel posts? They look different?

[Ferdinand]

How are you going to attach your newel posts?

 

Or if none are intended why are there slots for the glass screen?

 

F

[ryder72]

started on the ground floor?

 

Been there. Done that.

[Lesgrandepotato]

The bottom newels are slid onto the tenons and then doweled in - currently unfitted to make the glass fit easier. 

The heights of the two newels is correct - they vary as the stairs rise up - makes more sense when the handrails are on. 

 

The problem is more fundamental than that.. some pillock has decided to start oiling from the bottom up.... starting at the top and going down would be much much easier!

[ProDave]

I was going to ask how do you insert the glass? Surely you have to insert the glass as you assemble the stairs?  The newel posts won't now pull apart to get the glass in, and the slot does not go all the way to the top of the post to allow the glass to simply drop in.

 

You have left the bottom newel post off for that reason but what about the rest?

[Lesgrandepotato]

Templates are made and tested! There is a  25mm deep slot one end and 10mm at the other. They slide in and get pegged with no visible fixings :-) 

[Mr Punter]

2 hours ago, ryder72 said:

started on the ground floor?

 

Been there. Done that.

 

Good call @ryder72.  Yes the schoolboy error was easy to spot.  Hardly fatal though.