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Thread: Waldo's Deck
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22nd January 2008, 10:51 PM #1
Waldo's Deck
G'day,
Nope,pics yet, sorry, for that you'll have to wait until I kick off next Tuesday.
Rather than raising a thread each time I have a question I thought I'd encompass it all in here.
So, the boards for the deck and external posts will be merbau, what timber will compliment the merbau if I don't also use merbau for the handrails? Also what timber will also compliment as the slats within the handrails? Merbau for everything might be an overkill.
Also with the handrails, I'm looking for a style similar to breadloaf or ladies waist handrail, not with the same profile but just a simple rectangular profile. What I 'm after is a handrail that has mortices rather than one channel running the length of the handrail, for the reason that it'd collect water on the bottom rail. I could rout the mortices, but it'd be very time
consuming.
What I don't also want to do is this, referring to the handrails and the way the slats are fixed(see second pic)
Any ideas?
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22nd January 2008, 11:33 PM #2
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23rd January 2008, 10:49 AM #3
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23rd January 2008, 10:57 AM #4
deck him waldo....
he he he.. couldnt resistI may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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23rd January 2008, 10:59 AM #5
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23rd January 2008, 03:28 PM #6
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23rd January 2008, 03:30 PM #7I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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23rd January 2008, 03:32 PM #8
a really serious thread so far. C'mon Utemad or Connolly's you got any ideas?
(there are always the village clowns about somewhere)
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23rd January 2008, 03:39 PM #9What I 'm after is a handrail that has mortices rather than one channel running the length of the handrail, for the reason that it'd collect water on the bottom rail."I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."
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23rd January 2008, 03:43 PM #10
Actually on a serious not (Yes I can do that every now and then). The way the bottom slats are mounted on that second photo would allow for little moisture build up as gravity would take it away. You can buy handrail (Laminated pine
) from bunnies that already has the rebate at the bottom and is in the "Ladies Waist" style.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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23rd January 2008, 03:56 PM #11
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23rd January 2008, 04:00 PM #12
Do you want a contrasting timber? It could look OK with a blonde timber like blackbutt or ash. Or maybe alternate dark to light.
Personally, I'd just do the whole thing in the same timber anyway."I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."
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23rd January 2008, 04:01 PM #13
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23rd January 2008, 04:52 PM #14
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23rd January 2008, 05:44 PM #15
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