A Simplified Guide to Custom Stairbuilding and Tangent Handrailing

By George R. diCristina and Geroge R. Christina

Book Overview

In order to construct continuous climbing-turn handrail sections for a staircase, the basic elements of tangent handrailing must be understood. This guide to building custom staircases, including elliptical stairs and continuous incline stairs, explains the tangent principle for the advanced woodworker. Covering everything from locating risers in a curved stairway to the installation of balusters, this simple method enables the craftsperson to make distinctive, personalized stair and handrail designs that are not available from stock staircase companies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0941936635
• ISBN13: 9780941936637
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Linden Publishing
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Custom Stairbuilding and Tangent Handrailing

My husband has been in the carpentry trade for over forty-five years and spiral stairs has been one of his specialities. He reviewed the book and has found several items of real interest after all these years to assist him in the building of stairs.

The really useful book out there

This is the only book available that one can actually use to learn tangent handrailing, and classical stair design. This is an advanced text for the architectural woodworker with some grounding in stairbuilding. If this describes your situation, buy the book, glue up some practice blanks out of construction lumber, and begin your exploration of a fascinating craft. Mowatt is a great conversation piece on the bookshelf, but the only reason I know what he's talking about is owed to the time I spent with DiChristina's book. My copy is somewhat beaten-up due to the time it has spent on the workbench. I am grateful to the author for the clearest and best organized book on this subject.

Essential for advanced stairbuilding

More easily understood than "Treatise on Stairbuilding". I have consulted this book on many occasions, and it has never let me down. Well written, but will take some study to master the vast amount of information contained in the book. This book is not for the geometrically challenged.