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Ray Cecil

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Once I get the new addition running and driving I will get back to this garage. Probably do concrete soon.

I've let this sit idle for awhile. I will be milling some Pine logs this weekend, drying and stacking the lumber, to build the handrail for the loft finally.

Anybody got any cool designs for handrail?

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I've let this sit idle for awhile. I will be milling some Pine logs this weekend, drying and stacking the lumber, to build the handrail for the loft finally.

Anybody got any cool designs for handrail?

:nabble_smiley_thinking: Why are you hiding that '87-91 Bronco? It's not in your sig, either! :nabble_smiley_angry:

I designed this using Dassault Systemmes DraftSight & had the panels plasma-cut locally. Lisa & I (mainly she) hand-sanded all the edges smooth; then I belt-sanded them (for the brushed look), welded them to the top & bottom strips, clearcoated them, and assembled them onto the stainless tubes (which I hand-cut & then clearcoated):

https://supermotors.net/getfile/1103779/thumbnail/img_20170119_132111749_hdr.jpg

That's the last pic in the process - this is the first:

https://supermotors.net/getfile/1102482/thumbnail/img_20170104_164618141.jpg

The plan for the actual wood handrail was always to use cedar that grew on our property, but I haven't found anyone yet who will mill a log or 2 for me down to the size I need. That's why we still have the cheap undersized painted one.

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:nabble_smiley_thinking: Why are you hiding that '87-91 Bronco? It's not in your sig, either! :nabble_smiley_angry:

I designed this using Dassault Systemmes DraftSight & had the panels plasma-cut locally. Lisa & I (mainly she) hand-sanded all the edges smooth; then I belt-sanded them (for the brushed look), welded them to the top & bottom strips, clearcoated them, and assembled them onto the stainless tubes (which I hand-cut & then clearcoated):

https://supermotors.net/getfile/1103779/thumbnail/img_20170119_132111749_hdr.jpg

That's the last pic in the process - this is the first:

https://supermotors.net/getfile/1102482/thumbnail/img_20170104_164618141.jpg

The plan for the actual wood handrail was always to use cedar that grew on our property, but I haven't found anyone yet who will mill a log or 2 for me down to the size I need. That's why we still have the cheap undersized painted one.

Beautiful handrails, Steve! :nabble_smiley_good:

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:nabble_smiley_thinking: Why are you hiding that '87-91 Bronco? It's not in your sig, either! :nabble_smiley_angry:

I designed this using Dassault Systemmes DraftSight & had the panels plasma-cut locally. Lisa & I (mainly she) hand-sanded all the edges smooth; then I belt-sanded them (for the brushed look), welded them to the top & bottom strips, clearcoated them, and assembled them onto the stainless tubes (which I hand-cut & then clearcoated):

https://supermotors.net/getfile/1103779/thumbnail/img_20170119_132111749_hdr.jpg

That's the last pic in the process - this is the first:

https://supermotors.net/getfile/1102482/thumbnail/img_20170104_164618141.jpg

The plan for the actual wood handrail was always to use cedar that grew on our property, but I haven't found anyone yet who will mill a log or 2 for me down to the size I need. That's why we still have the cheap undersized painted one.

Yes, those are beautiful, Steve! :nabble_anim_claps:

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:nabble_smiley_thinking: Why are you hiding that '87-91 Bronco? It's not in your sig, either! :nabble_smiley_angry:

I designed this using Dassault Systemmes DraftSight & had the panels plasma-cut locally. Lisa & I (mainly she) hand-sanded all the edges smooth; then I belt-sanded them (for the brushed look), welded them to the top & bottom strips, clearcoated them, and assembled them onto the stainless tubes (which I hand-cut & then clearcoated):

https://supermotors.net/getfile/1103779/thumbnail/img_20170119_132111749_hdr.jpg

That's the last pic in the process - this is the first:

https://supermotors.net/getfile/1102482/thumbnail/img_20170104_164618141.jpg

The plan for the actual wood handrail was always to use cedar that grew on our property, but I haven't found anyone yet who will mill a log or 2 for me down to the size I need. That's why we still have the cheap undersized painted one.

Ive mentioned the bronco in a few posts. Watch the video here:

Its a pile of junk. We we got her running!!

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Beautiful handrails, Steve! :nabble_smiley_good:

Thanks. The first furniture we bought together was a bed frame with reddish-stained wood, and a gently-curving brushed nickel tube as an accent on the headboard. So that became our motif throughout the house: a brushed-nickel/stainless curve/ellipse, and cedar-red wood. When I designed this house, I couldn't find any banister that looked the way we wanted; and the finish-carpenter was going to charge a ridiculous price to build something from cheap wood. So I came up with a few ideas, and we picked that one: overlapping ellipses. They're sized & spaced to meet the building codes (height of the handrail above the stairs, and no gap in the balusters large enough for a 2" sphere to pass through).

The other pics in that photo album show the rest of the house. The first few dozen show the fixtures & materials we chose, ending with the floorplan that I sent to the architect. Then there are a whole bunch of construction pics, that are pretty boring. But the ~2-dozen after the banister are the last few things being finished up, and the "completed" house (if there is such a thing).

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