This is me...

That is really stunning Tony.
What type of wood went into it and haw did you get the lighting effect?
I’m afraid to guess how many hours went into it.

p.s. welcome to Lj’s

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

this is great , tony .

i can see that your work ,
is more important than your job .

very nice !

welcome to LJ’s .

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Oh my gosh, that is just stunning. I can only image all of the challenges that are in there.

Yikes,
Steve

-- -- I'm no rocket surgeon

Patron, One of the things I try to ‘pound’ through some of the more promising boys that I work with is just that. You can’t do work like this for a paycheck….or pats on the back, and you can’t build stairs like this for ‘Joe blow’, or this company or that. You build stairs like this for yourself, because it’s in your heart…and your soul.

Tom, the stringers and the support under the landing are all one piece. The outside stringer, if memory serves me was close to 35’ long, 4” thick and 24” deep. The inside stringer is similar in proportion, but shorter. The whole stair is completely free standing besides top and bottom connections.

Bob, The stringers, risers and posts are Bubinga Pomelle, the treads and hand rail are Santos Mahogany with Curly Maple inlays in the treads and landing.
The posts and risers also have stainless steel accents.
The lighting accent itself is an acrylic panel (with stainless inlays) with LED lighting behind the panel.

As for time….from concept to completion took almost 7 months.

Steve…..there were MANY sleepless nights involved!! MANY!! LOL!

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what i tell my help ,

’ a job is something you do to eat ,

work is something you do ,

because you are alive ’ !

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Tony,
WOW!! I very good looking project I can certainly see why you would love your job. I had a manager tell me a long time ago ” If you love your job, you will never work another day in your life.” The fact that you have a different challenges everyday certainly helps.

also.. Welcome aboard.

CtL

-- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."

Those are some amazing stairs. Nice work man.

-- Brian - Belmont, Massachusetts

Tony this is art in it’s most functional form Your best description of you work is described in the title. ”THIS IS ME” If you are what you build you are wonderful beautiful and amazing. I could not know where to start in such a project.
I salute you my friend.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

That is awesome, I envey you i would not no where to start on something like that. Thanks for sharing.

-- Mert,Oshkosh WI,

Tom, the core of the stringers themselves is really nothing more than a beam, and are constructed of 10 layers each of 3/8” exterior grade fir plywood. Each of the layers has MANY joints in it, but, as in a laminated beam, none of the joints in each layer line up with any of the others. Constructing stringers in this manner allows us to change slope and direction in a lot of different ways. In other words…no steel plates of any sort. Top and bottom stringer connections are extremely important,but just as important are the riser dimensions and connections. They offer a huge amount of support to the stringers as well as transfer load.

A few more pics….

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Thanks for all the nice comments people! I very humbly appreciate them all.

Funny….ya know…I call this my crowning achievement. But just a short while ago I started a project that Ive wanted to build for YEARS….but was always extremely intimidated by! Ive built lots of furniture before but this one…..The lines….the form…..the joinery…scare the hell out of me! Ive seen many reproductions, but only a handful did the original and the master….justice.

A Sam Maloof ‘Low Back’.....we’ll see, so far I’m pleased. We all have our own personal challenges…

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Great Scott, man! I’m speechless.

Oh, sure, but … can you build a Rolls-Royce out of mahogany???
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LOL! Just kidding!

Welcome to LumberJocks. I’ve never seen a staircase that beautiful. Phenomenal job!!

Just out of idle curiosity, and … since you DO what you do … have you been to the Loretto Chapel, and seen the staircase, there? I’m curious what you thought, if you have….

-- -- Neil

Great looking work Tony. From one millwork head to another…Welcome to lumberjocks!

-- "The way to make a small fortune in woodworking- start with a large one"

Wow Tony!..................this is AMAZING….......it’s very impressive, and the most impressive to me is that it is huge and freestanding, you really gotta know what your doing to achieve something as spectacular as this….. and you obviously know what you are doing! I am glad that you put in the shots of it being put together…..very, very, nice.

Robin

-- Robin Renee'