George Ellis was one of the premier English writers on carpentry and joinery. This, the author's 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.
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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.
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This review is from: Modern Practical Stairbuilding and Handrailing (Paperback)
Of course "Modern is only relative", and I don't know what else anyone should expect from a circa 1932 reprinted book. As if that shouldn't be enough, the editors include a new warning about safety and code compliance. If you want to build modern, I suppose you could buy one of those 'do it yourself' sunset books at the checkstand at home depot. If you would like to see how things were done in the days when cheap, shoddy and uninspired WASN'T the order of the day, this (for stairs anyway) may be your book.
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I build Stairs and balustrades and this book has only theoretical application. It was modern when written in 1902. Stairs have changed a lot in construction techniques since 1902...Modern is only relative.
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falling moulds, balanced winders, elliptic stair, true helical curve, margin templet, curtail step, geometrical stair, elliptic axes, handrail scroll, slide bevel, nosing line, close newel, dogleg stair, face mould, open newel stair, scroll cap, commode steps, newelled stairs, shank joint, opposite springing, wreathed string, tangent system, pitching pieces, landing risers, bullnose step Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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falling moulds, balanced winders, elliptic stair, true helical curve, margin templet, curtail step, geometrical stair, elliptic axes, handrail scroll, slide bevel, nosing line, close newel, dogleg stair, face mould, open newel stair, scroll cap, commode steps, newelled stairs, shank joint, opposite springing, wreathed string, tangent system, pitching pieces, landing risers, bullnose step Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Castle Ashby, Forde Abbey, Smith Square, Australia House, Cadogan Square, Maxwell Ayrton, Mompesson House, Queen Square, Dunster Castle, Queen's Square, Sheen House, Stranger's Hall, Belton House, Brompton Road, Eltham Lodge, Lincoln's Inn Fields, Stepney Green, The English Interior, The English Staircase, Large Open Well Stair, Louis Blanc, Regent Street New!
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- How to Draw by Adrian Hill on page 211
- A Treatise on Stairbuilding and Handrailing by W. Mowat in Front Matter
- Modern Practical Joinery by George Ellis in Front Matter
- Fine Home Building Index, Issues 1-85 (Taunton's Fine Homebuilding Index) by Fine Homebuilding on page 50
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