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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
6. Predrill screw holes
Fit your drill/driver with a countersink combination bit and predrill screw holes in the blocking. Bore holes just deep enough so that the screws will anchor in the tread and apron but not go all the way through. Screw the blocking to the apron and tread.
Next- Helpful Info
- Article: Shapely Staircase Spindles
- Article: House-Part Recycling Centers
- Article: How Architectural Salvage Yards Work
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