Amateur carpenters who have laid out the cuts in a stair stringer (the zig-zag structural support for the steps) know the queasy feeling that bubbles up at the prospect of this job. There’s the simple ...

The treads fit into the mortises and are attached to the stringers by driving nails or screws through the outer face of the stringers into the ends of the treads. The mortise method preserves all the ...

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Do you have a collection that is begging for a useful and unique display? Well, give this decorative stair stringer a try; it may be one of the most unusual display shelves you'll ever build, and the ...