Dado rail - Stairs

[chewymix]

I am very lost here - i thought i could use a fret saw to remove the material from the back of the rail but due to the angle coming up the stairs it makes the dado on the 45 degree's 'taller' -

Any clues??

Dado on the stairs

• chewymix
• 31 Jan 2011
• 1

A bit lost how to make this one work

 

[chewymix]

hmmm ok so i have worked out that its actually impossible. I'll work around it but the rise on the stairs means making a horizontal on the riser side look a bit naff but so be it

thanks

 

[gregers]

yeah i think your right,its one of those things which is a bit hard to explain,but i think i would have say a 1 inch return on the string side so it can be say a 22 degree cut?coming doen the stairs,then scribe the return on the landing into the 1 inch piece.

think its going to be a trial and error jobby.

 

[big-all]

you cannot change angles in two directions at once
as said above deal with one angle change then a few inches later later change the other direction

in this instance because you have already painted change from horizontal to 43% 3" before the corner then at the corner you can turn through 90 degrees and hopfully not drop below your paint line

 

[chewymix]

Thanks for the advice - this is what i have finished up with which i think works fine.

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• chewymix
• 1 Feb 2011
• 1

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• chewymix
• 1 Feb 2011
• 1