Stair Jig And The Art Of Woodworking

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By Sally Delacruz


The art of woodwork could be a fulfilling career, especially when you've the right tool. A good example is the stair jig tool which utilizes acute and right angle to produce a design. This device, as the name signifies is used to attain precise measurements in building the stairs. It's also used to create polished stringers, a standard interior template in producing a staircase. It's to be produced with accurate dimension of the layout to achieve the diagonal design. It's an essential tool in house designing and woodworking for it also makes it possible to achieve a standard and uniform thickness, level of each step and thread depths, hence making the task faster and easier.

Sometimes, when doing tasks alone, you need some reinforcements to hold each side steadily and to keep parts from falling apart. This custom-made tool is a very huge help especially when you are doing the stair installation alone. With the use of this custom tool, you would are able to hold each end firmly, allowing you keep tread and risers hold steady and fit perfectly.

To understand how the tool works, you must first understand the parts of a staircase. This includes the going, tread, string, pitch, and the rise. The string is the support on the wooden side used to handle the apertures to clamp the tread and riser.

The tread is the staircase's horizontal board to the face of the following riser, and the rise is the distance measure from the top of a tread to the adjacent one. The string is the wooden side support that assist in handling the apertures to clamp the riser and tread. The pitch is the total angle of the stairs. You can have a visual representation of each part by referring to a staircase manual or an internet staircase tutorial.

Also called stairs template, this custom-made tool uses a zero position line from which the tread and riser are measured. The bottom of the jig incorporates an acute angle while the upper part is made with a right triangle with a round over projection. This template fits the tread tightly into the stringer in the overhang section.

It is possible to create your own with the help of a piece of plywood and measuring tools or order an already-made product in hardware store. In making your own jig, you need an accurate measurement, a good idea on how thick you would like riser and tread to be. You may search for instructional manuals online to get a video on how to produce your own one. Don't forget, each measurement is important and needs to be perfect to get a safe and perfect stair case.

Affordable and finished ones are also available in hardware or from home contractor stores. They vary from thickness and materials used. Some are made of plywood, just like the one you attempted to make, and some are made from durable plastic. Just ask a salesman the mechanics of how it works so you can work on your staircase design. Also called a stair template, a finished jig can help you save time and effort.

The stair is an artistic or beauty element of a house. For this reason, it ought to be durable and safe as well. Look for the help of an experienced house contractor to make sure that your house is without staircase accidents such as fall.




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