Walnut Staircase Assembly

This is simply beautiful … congratulates wow!

-- dreluks

Whoa! What a project! It’s incredible.

-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog

Whoa. Looks like a lot of work. Way to go!!

-- Marcos, California

Thanks all, it was about a month long project. But keep in mind I didn’t make the pieces, I just assembled them.

A short story… the company then had me go around to other staircases and finish/repair what their installers didn’t finish/screwed up. About a year later I ran into one of their installers at Home Depot, he told me the company went belly-up. They had a few really good installers, but also a lot who didn’t know a plumb bob from a yo-yo, and the company took on way more work than they could handle. Too bad, it was a fun job.

-- You can collect dust or you can make dust. I choose to make it.

Nice work, I know how difficult stair railings can be. We have a staircase that takes two 45 degree turns as it ascends, thus many compound angle cuts. I remember one 1×8 trim board that was shaped like an “H” and had compound cuts and notched around posts at both ends. That was a head-scratcher but it came out well.
Thanks for sharing.

-- Willie, Washington "If You Choose Not To Decide, You Still Have Made a Choice" - Rush

They painted over that! Sacralige!!!!!!

-- Just a man with his chisel.........

That looks good, I agree with DouginVa, if I caught someone painting over that, they would be drawn and quartered!

-- Martin ....always count the number of fingers you have before, and after using the saw.

Very cool stairs! I’m guessing the painters did not paint it but were the ones who finished it.?

-- Kevin - Rochester, MN

elegant design of staircase with perfect matched newel post, wonderfull

@KevinWelp – yeah, but I wasn’t around to see it. However, while I was assembling the staircase, they were busy in the rest of the 10,000 sq ft house sloshing dark walnut stain on the walnut trim.

@mahadevwood – I wish I could say I designed it, or even made the parts. I was just the installer :)

-- You can collect dust or you can make dust. I choose to make it.

wow I wish you had pictures with the finish. I bet it really pops!

Now that is a project…. Congrats on them letting you run it…. I love black walnut. I’m just finishing an outdoor table for our patio.

Nice work.

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

Nice work.
Even though you didn’t design or fabricate, the install fit and finish look great.
Makes me want to get to finishing my single story straight run stairs, but they will have to wait a little longer.

-- "Man's ingenuity has outrun his intelligence" (Joseph Wood Krutch)

Very nice work.

I am puzzled by the photos as how the stair are actually held up; in particular
in photo 5 I thought there should be something below the posts or some other mechanism
to hold the inner side of stairs?! How are they secured/stable on the side that is not attached to the wall?

Totally pro Bro! Love the work & appreciate it since I am in the trades too:)

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://americancraftsmanworkshop.com