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Some zebrawood stair tops I recently made for my brother in law at his house on the Oregon Coast. 17 treads and pretty soon the top landing, altogether about 50 board ft of wood.
Usually I just do turning but I figured, these couldn’t be that hard, just glue some wood together, make sure it was flat and cut the pattern. I guess it’s like saying a turned box isn’t that hard. Just throw it on the lathe, hollow it and make a lid. After some trial and error and a sending the treads through the drum sander more times than I want to think about, I’m almost done.
The finish it Watco natural oil, so far only 2 coats. I need to do some sanding and at least 1 more, maybe 2 more coats of oil.
-- to turn or not to turn, is that really a question?
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a1Jim
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#1 posted 202 days ago
Amazing looking stairs.
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Jimnl
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#2 posted 202 days ago
Thx Jim
-- to turn or not to turn, is that really a question?
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#3 posted 202 days ago
Beautiful wood. Great work!
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Bluepine38
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#4 posted 202 days ago
Great looking treads. Who did the metal work for the stairs?
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German_in_Ohio
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#5 posted 202 days ago
Beautiful steps. Maybe the grain should run parallel to the front edge of the steps, but they are still beautiful.
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#6 posted 202 days ago
Distinctive and wonderful!
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#7 posted 202 days ago
Of grandeur feel!
I love it.
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Jimnl
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#8 posted 202 days ago
German, I didn’t want the grain to run parallel because I wanted the edges to end up like they did. If the grain was parallel, there would be less grain coming over the edge and it would look boring.
Bluepine, I’m not sure where my brother-in-law got the stairs, I just know it was someplace online.
-- to turn or not to turn, is that really a question?
MontanaBob
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#9 posted 201 days ago
Very nice…almost to nice to walk on…..socks only LOL…
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HorizontalMike
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#10 posted 199 days ago
Wow, that zebrawood really makes these stairs stand out! Well done!
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