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bulding a ladder (rec.woodworking) for cmattair
I built a loft ladder for my little barn this fall. 5/4 rough white pine
(very soft). Both the treads an stringer were just over 4" in width. The steps were attached with twin through-tennons, wedged and housed in a shallow dado. The ladder is about 18" wide, including the stringers and about 7' high. It's overbuilt and rock solid. Based on my experience with pine, 1.25 x 5 with oak is way more than enough. Whatever joinery method you use, I think wou want to carry the weight of the tread (person) in a shallow dado. A simpler alternative would be consealing screws beneath a plug, Just insert a wide dowel in the underside of the tread to offer some side grain for the screw to bite into. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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bulding a ladder (rec.woodworking) for cmattair
C & S wrote:
I built a loft ladder for my little barn this fall. 5/4 rough white pine (very soft). Both the treads an stringer were just over 4" in width. Wow - you're pretty brave posting a pine ladder the day after David Eisan's staircase! ;-) But hey, we can all appreciate the beauty in a sturdy, functional ladder... ....Kevin -- Kevin Miller, Juneau, Alaska http://www.alaska.net/~atftb Registered Linux User No: 307357 |
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