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Custom Handrails And Staircases

Jake Maier · April 18, 2021 ·

Custom Handrails by JEM Carpentry ~ We build, remodel and renovate handrails & staircases of all shapes, sizes and designs. Talk with a staircase and handrail expert on the JEM team, click here to fill out the contact form!

Custom curved handrail in Hemlock. By JEM Carpentry Home Builder – Serenity Homes of Northern Co
To achieve the curve, or bend in the rail, we start with thin profiled strips of material. This rail was made from hemlock. We spread the glue on each strip with a paint roller, being quick and making sure to cover everywhere. Once you start spreading glue you have about 30 minutes (depending on what type of glue used) to get it clamped up.
The gooseneck fitting has to be cut to size and assembled prior to fitting the handrail to the newel posts. We used the Festool Domino machine to connect the parts.
To build the radius cap we used 3 sections of 1×12 hemlock, overlapping them to determine the tangent cuts and then used a scribe jig to transfer the curve of the floor to the bottom of the 1×12 boards. We built a simple scribe jig to transfer the curve to the top and back side of the 1×12 boards. Then we cut out the individual pieces with a jig saw and smoothed them with the belt sander before pocket screwing them together. Once assembled we sanded the entire curve by eye with a belt sander.
To achieve a strong glue bond to the cap I drilled shallow holes with a flat bottom bit for the glue to squeeze into when tightening the rail bolt.
To determine the placement and cut for the handrail we use a string line to simulate the rail.
This handrail has it all! Curves, rakes and drops!

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Handrail Renovation- Design & Execution by JEM Carpentry Inc. Windsor, CO 2023
Handrail Renovation- Design & Execution by JEM Carpentry Inc. Windsor, CO 2023
Before & After- Handrail Renovation Design & Execution by JEM Carpentry Inc. Windsor, CO 2023

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This staircase renovation is in our customers home on top of a mountain in Idaho Springs, CO. We stayed on site, in a apartment over the garage for 5 days while renovating this staircase. This is the first horizontal balustrade handrail we have built, and it was a challenging and satisfying experience!
Before Renovation

Hemlock Newel Posts, Cap and Rail. Builder ~ Erdkamp Design Build, Fort Collins, CO.


Custom maple handrail with tapered radius newel posts and 1 3/4” D-rail. Finished with a natural stain and satin water based polyurethane. ~ Fort Collins CO, February 2023

The “baseball bat” newel posts shown here are a product from JMP Woodworking in Brooklyn, NY. They are called the “Bella” posts.

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