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Re: [Shop-talk] pre-made wood balustrades?

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Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] pre-made wood balustrades?
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:27:52 -0800
> Will I really have to 
> assemble 24 feet of identically-spaced balusters myself?

AFAIK, yes.  Possibly worth making up a jig to locate each hole from the
previous one.  Perhaps a length of 2x4, with a screwed-on knob to drop into
the previous hole and some sides tacked on to hold it in place over the
rail?

I once built about 10' of ladder myself, but just used pencil marks for each
hole.  Measured down the side with tape and made a mark each foot; then used
a try square extended to 1-3/4" to mark the hole center.  Worked out well
for me, none of the rungs were visibly out of parallel.  Tricky part was
getting them all lined up in the holes, before the glue dried <G>

One advantage of that method is that each mark's accuracy doesn't depend on
the previous mark.

Randall
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