[itman770]

I'm trying to hang a wood rail of top of a newel post. Picture in link for reference. Basically you have a steel tube or I plan to use a wood dowel and mitered to match angle. This is for angle going up stairs not flat.
I think they drill into post 1 in, insert tube, the part where the rail is the confusing part. Their diagram show an 40 degree angle into rail, but how can you drill something like that and for it to sit flush when you mitered at angle?
Or they just drill 1 in straight into rail, insert tube without mitered?

https://houseofforgings.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Squarestone-Cable-5-HF-1.jpg


https://houseofforgings.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Cable-Spacing-Closed-RakeScale_HF-1.jpg

 

[de-nagorg]

I get 404 LINK NOT FOUND.


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[itman770]

I get 404 LINK NOT FOUND.


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[de-nagorg]

I'm thinking that top rail is a 2 piece thing.

They might temporarily clamp the lower section to the newel, making sure that it is flush with the newel in all directions, then drill through the section, straight down into the newel, then dowel pin the lower section to the newel.

This gives them something to attach the "Pretty" top rail to.

There are drill guides made that can be adjusted for angle drilling into rails and other things being attached to another thing.

That sounds confusing, but it will work.


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[Nealtw]

Your links aren't working for me.

 

[SPS-1]

I think you need to make a drilling jig, to use as a guide for drilling the hole at an angle. Actually, 2 drilling jigs would be helpful, so that you could put one at the top newel, and one at the bottom. Might help to leave the dowel initially long.


PS -- I kinda like the stainless post better than wood.

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[itman770]

I think you need to make a drilling jig, to use as a guide for drilling the hole at an angle. Actually, 2 drilling jigs would be helpful, so that you could put one at the top newel, and one at the bottom. Might help to leave the dowel initially long.


PS -- I kinda like the stainless post better than wood.

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That's interesting. Thanks!
Are they just doing glue or epoxy in the holes to hold it? I don't see any fasteners.
Maybe small finish nails....

We already got the wood posts and like the matching rail with cables.

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[ront02769]

To the op, you can’t drill the hole exactly like that in the picture. Picture drilling for the flat sections, hole goes into rail at 90 degree angle. Now angle the rail up until the angle between newel top and rail is 40’ (or whatever the angle is at your place). You would then still be drilling straight up relative to the Newell,....but would enter the angled rail. I think that they just show The pipe cut an angle to reinforce the idea that the rail is angled.

 

[itman770]

To the op, you can’t drill the hole exactly like that in the picture. Picture drilling for the flat sections, hole goes into rail at 90 degree angle. Now angle the rail up until the angle between newel top and rail is 40’ (or whatever the angle is at your place). You would then still be drilling straight up relative to the Newell,....but would enter the angled rail. I think that they just show The pipe cut an angle to reinforce the idea that the rail is angled.

That's what I was trying to figure out....
If you guys have any ideas how i can mount the rail on top of the newel post, i can't find any bracket. The only one i did find was $100 just for two bracket.

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[SPS-1]

Have you tried calling or E-mailing House of Forgings ?

 

[itman770]

Have you tried calling or E-mailing House of Forgings ?

Yeah, no responses yet.

 

[huesmann]

Are you actually using bits from HoF, or rolling your own?

 

[itman770]

Are you actually using bits from HoF, or rolling your own?

what do you mean by bits?

 

[huesmann]

Bits=pieces.

 

[itman770]

Bits=pieces.

no, most parts are very similar like newel posts and rails. The mounting option is what is throwing me off.

 

[huesmann]

How are you planning to mount?

 

[itman770]

How are you planning to mount?

Hehehe that's the question im trying to get answered.

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[itman770]

So the vendor got back to me. This is what they said. I guess I'll test it out a few scrap pieces and drill jig.

"cut into 6-8 inch pieces and then drilled and epoxied into the handrail and newel"