Joining handrail on bend

[b21playa]

hi all

Looking to swap out my old hand rail for a new one that is grooved.Currently have 1 new post at the bottom, 1 2 steps down on the turn, and a half newel on the return. There's a 90deg mitre in the current handrail, and wanted to know how I fixed this when replacing? What fittings will I need

Thanks

 

[Jadele]

Is your question how to join the rail when cutting a 90 deg mitre in to it? If so it will be a case of drilling holes and using dowels and wood glue

 

[Deleted member 174758]

You should never use dowels and glue alone because they fail over time due to movement which is why mechanical fasteners have always been preferred. The traditional way is to use a rod which has a coarse thread at one end (to drive into a pilot hole) and a fine thread at the other end (to take a castelleted nut which is tightened using a hammer and drift) - these are often called a dowel screw set and are generally available from architectural ironmongers:

There are easier to use modern systems, though such as the Rail Bolt:

which are sold in the UK as Zip Bolts. I've used them a couple of times - far easier to use than the traditional types

 

[chappers]

that close to the newel though I wouldn't bother, I would use a dowel or biscuit and glue, you could also put a screw through the joint if your going to paint it then just fill and paint over.
Stick a spindle right in the corner under where they join, there will be hardly any movement in that joint , being such a small return

 

[jc69817]

Don't Richard Burbridge sell a pre-formed turn that you can just cut 1 leg to size and fix to the newel.
Their stuff makes most stair jobs a doddle in my opinion.