On 11/1/2015 9:10 AM, John McCoy wrote:
Ed Pawlowski wrote in news:1s2dnbAgf8L4nKvLnZ2dnUU7-
:

On 10/31/2015 7:49 PM, J. Clarke wrote:

Why would a bannister need to be removable?


Were did I say removable?

I think J. Clarke is stuck on the same point I am here. The
video referenced way up thread shows a bannister made with
these fancy fastners. And the question is why? It's been
suggested (maybe not by you) that the advantage of these things
is that they're removable. So that raises the question, why
you would want to remove a bannister?

And if you don't want to remove the bannister, we're back to
why use those fastners in the first place?

John


Why would you want to remove a bannister? IIRC TOH used the tool and
fastener to attach a banister. So, they were not building a new house
IIRC and they removed the previous banister to replace with the new one.

There could be multiple reasons to remove a banister but IMHO who ever
does it next time will not have a clue if it has this type fastener or
the tool to loosen it.