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Modern Practical Stairbuilding and Handrailing

Name: Modern Practical Stairbuilding and Handrailing
Author: George Ellis
ISBN: 9780941936156

by George Ellis

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Overview

George Ellis was one of the premier English writers on carpentry and joinery. This, the authorÆs last book, was originally issued in two volumes; the present edition is a reprint of the 1932 one-volume edition. The trade of wooden stairbuilding has enjoyed a rebirth during the last ten years. Unfortunately, most trade schools do not teach this complex craft, and there has been little published in the field for many years. This leaves the craftsman at a loss, both for available information and training. George Ellis has written a very lucid book on the subject. He covers much the same ground as Alexander Mowat in A Treatise on Stairbuilding and Handrailing, but Ellis is much less technical and more shop oriented. He includes detailed information on taking dimensions and setting out stairs (geometric, spiral, and elliptical), newels, balusters, brackets; constructing soffit linings, single and geometric handrailings, and wreathed handrail to spiral stairs; and he explains the cylinder method of making wreaths.

George Ellis was a highly experienced carpenter and joiner. An officer of the British Institute of Certified Carpenters, he taught at the London County School of Building.