Gary Striegler, a JLC contributing editor, owns Craftsman Builders (craftsmanbuildersnwa.com), in Fayetteville, Ark., and teaches workshops at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking. Follow him on Instagram: @craftsmanbuilders.
A hardware kit and a good set of plans were all Gary Striegler needed to craft this classic design.
Gary Striegler describes how he calculated the radius of the tread mathematically, then cut a perfect arc with a router mounted on a trammel board.
Scribing and cutting to curves adds to the challenge
Gary Striegler breaks down how to lay out, build, and install large wood wall panels.
Gary Striegler shows how you can rout exterior-grade MDF to make decorative column wraps that look like they have raised panels.