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How to Build a Table From Stair Parts
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Shopping List
Supplies You Will Need
1. Salvaged spindles
2. Salvaged stair tread
3. Rough-sawn pine board, or salvaged riser
4. 2x4, for blocking
5. 3 ½-inch deck screws
6. 1 5/8 screws
7. 8d finishing nails -
Tools List
Tools You Will Need
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nail puller
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scraper
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speed square
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bar clamp
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jigsaw
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drill/driver, with countersink combo bit
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torpedo level
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hammer
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photo: Kristine Larsen
3. Cut along the line
Cut along the line using a jigsaw. To steady the tool, clamp a wood scrap to the tread as a guide.
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- Article: Shapely Staircase Spindles
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- Article: How Architectural Salvage Yards Work
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