Making Curved Stair Treads

Tim healey to create a perfectly smooth arc for the stair tread the author needed to calculate the radius of the rough tread.
Making curved stair treads. Our standard curved stair treads are 1 thick but if you have spiral steps or other custom requirements treads can be made up to 2 thickness. In step 2 he measures the height h or the perpendicular distance from the center of the chord to the arc. How to make your own curved stair treads. In step 1 he measures out a chord c a straight line between two points on the arc.
Steps for making curved stairs. Part two of this article covers laminating skirt boards building custom pie shaped stair treads bending a curved stair rail cutting fitting and installing handrail balusters and final trim details. He then uses that as a reference to make templates for both the riser form and curved tread. I couldn t wait for the sheet rock work to be done because i really enjoy the second part of a stair project like this one.
The classic step for beginning a stairway. Contact a knowledgeable and friendly sales representative and let them know you are interested in curved stair treads.