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   zendo | Jan 19, 2005 06:42am | #1

    Mike do you know of any?

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   woodguy99 | Jan 19, 2005 06:48am | #2

   Hey Zen--

   The only ones I have are Schuttner's http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1561583227/qid=1106106197/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/102-0407650-1968169 which was helpful for my first stair.

   I also have one on old fancy stairs, Victorian ellipticals and helical railings and all that stuff.  Pretty archaic though.

   I've flipped through Taunton's http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1561586536/ref=pd_bxgy_img_2/102-0407650-1968169?v=glance&s=books

   which looks like it has some good stuff too.

   I've been thinking it would be cool to do a coffee table book on stairs, like the ones on workbenches and toolboxes and such.  What do you think?

   I bet Jerrald Hayes knows of some others.  How do you post to me the way you did?  And how do I set things up so I know you've posted to me?  I just happened accross this thread.

    

   Mike

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   zendo | Jan 19, 2005 06:58am | #3

   You happened across because I popped it up, it got buried in ten minutes.  I always forget that if you mail to 'all' and its going to take a few minutes it will disappear.

   Not sure, what happened when I posted to you?  I always check the 'unread messages to me' on the top left pull down when I come on, and if Im expecting a reply to see if Ive been mailed.

   -zen

   oh and the reviews of the taunton say its a crapper, but I figured I would get it too.

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   woodguy99 | Jan 19, 2005 07:06am | #4

   Ah, you have to be on "Advanced View."  I'm just not that advanced I guess....

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   zendo | Jan 19, 2005 07:10am | #5

   What do you mean, Ive always had the same view.  You post, so it must be there, did you find it? Sometimes while looking for something you have been part of the High Interest comes in handy.

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   GreekRevivalGuy | Jan 19, 2005 07:22am | #6

   Mike, I believe I have that "Victorian" book on my shelf at home.  Something like "A Treatise on Stairbuilding and Handrailing"  A fine book, indeed, though I wonder how many carpenters then (or now) could follow some of the mathematics. 

   The coffee-table book idea is intriguing.  Great staircases are oft-photographed, but I've never seen a compilation.   I'd buy it. 

   Allen

   - just did a search at Amazon, and came up with these titles (the Schuttner book you already mentioned):

   Circular Work in Carpentry and Joinery by George Collings

   A Simplified Guide to Custom Stairbuilding and Tangent Handrailing by George R. Di Cristina

   Modern Practical Stairbuilding and Handrailing: For the Use of Workmen, Builders, Architects, and Others by George Ellis

   Building Stairs (For Pros By Pros) by Fine Homebuilding

   Basic Stairbuilding by Scott Schuttner

   Quick Guide: Stairs & Railings ((Quick Guide Ser.)) by Rich Ziegner

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   woodguy99 | Jan 19, 2005 02:38pm | #7

   allen, yes, A Treatise on Stairbuilding.  Couldn't recall the name last night.  Thanks.

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   zendo | Jan 20, 2005 02:33am | #8

   Qtr,

   Do you have any favorites?

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   Qtrmeg | Jan 20, 2005 03:17am | #9

   Hmm, I can't say there was ever a book I learned very much from.

   Oh, there is one book that has a clue...

   I think this one is fairly new, and it has errors in it, but it is a very good ref. The Coffman Stair Building Reference.

   http://www.coffmanstairs.com/installer/installer5.htm

   Most of the suppliers provide install instuctions, but this book is worth it. Go to any lumberyard and order a copy.

   Really, they did a good job. You want this.

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   zendo | Jan 20, 2005 03:23am | #10

   Nice, thanks

   -zen

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   JRuss | Jan 20, 2005 04:06am | #11

   There's a stair builder on the forum, Stan. He has a photo layout in the photo gallery section. You might ask him, he seems pretty sharp.

   Never serious, but always right.
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   zendo | Jan 20, 2005 04:35pm | #12

   Yes, his stairs are sharp too.

   Ive been watching the progress.

   If you want to see his gyrocopter he sent me a pic on 'Illinois Flooded' thread in the photo gallery.

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   zendo | Jan 20, 2005 04:39pm | #13

   Do you have a favorite stair book or books?

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   JRuss | Jan 20, 2005 08:23pm | #14

   Thanks, I saw them posted too. I'm originally from a small town just a few miles from his shop. We hope to stop by there for a promised nickle tour in the next couple of weeks. His shop sets in a grove of large trees which were more devastated by the storm than his shop. Nice work and nice shop.Never serious, but always right.