Zack Lancaster
05-14-2015, 8:39 PM
I will be tackling my little stair project over the weekend and had a couple questions about the stair I am doing.
1.) Joining my wood planks together. My bottom step is a wedge shape and is about 18 inches at it's deepest, so I will be needing to use three pieces of wood since the stair treads I bought are only 11 and 1/2 inch deep. That said, what is a good way to join these together before I cut them to the wedge shape. Lap joint? Biscuit joint? Some other joint I probably can't do? ;)
2.) The stair has an angle cut as well on the front... so I need to join another piece to the 2 straight pieces I am going. How best to measure and apply the angle correctly to my boards so I can get the angle correct?
Also I have to update: I made 2 circular saw jigs since my table saw is CRAP, and it works GREAT! So cutting the boards, including the nose off the one tread, should prove quite easy.
Thanks.
Zack
1.) Joining my wood planks together. My bottom step is a wedge shape and is about 18 inches at it's deepest, so I will be needing to use three pieces of wood since the stair treads I bought are only 11 and 1/2 inch deep. That said, what is a good way to join these together before I cut them to the wedge shape. Lap joint? Biscuit joint? Some other joint I probably can't do? ;)
2.) The stair has an angle cut as well on the front... so I need to join another piece to the 2 straight pieces I am going. How best to measure and apply the angle correctly to my boards so I can get the angle correct?
Also I have to update: I made 2 circular saw jigs since my table saw is CRAP, and it works GREAT! So cutting the boards, including the nose off the one tread, should prove quite easy.
Thanks.
Zack