How to make your own curved stair treads.
Making curved stair treads.
In step 1 he measures out a chord c a straight line between two points on the arc.
Armed with the templates he builds the form to laminate the riser makes the curved tread and installs both riser and tread at the bottom of the existing stair framing.
The first step for a stairway should be a starting step or a curved stair tread that has a volute on top of it.
Part two of this article covers laminating skirt boards building custom pie shaped stair treads bending a curved stair rail cutting fitting and installing handrail balusters and final trim details.
In step 2 he measures the height h or the perpendicular distance from the center of the chord to the arc.
I couldn t wait for the sheet rock work to be done because i really enjoy the second part of a stair project like this one.
He then uses that as a reference to make templates for both the riser form and curved tread.
Our standard curved stair treads are 1 thick but if you have spiral steps or other custom requirements treads can be made up to 2 thickness.
Tim healey to create a perfectly smooth arc for the stair tread the author needed to calculate the radius of the rough tread.
That might sound like a lot to take in but it is just a step by.