Dale, Believe it or not, the jig I built far exceeded my expectations of accuracy. The treads do not walk forward or backward on the stringers, and more surprisingly, the left and right dados match up perfectly.
I did have to do a bit of hand sanding on the one set of dados to get the treads to fit, but it came out better than I expected. The big issues were getting the length of the stringers wrong, positioning the first step a bit forward of where I wanted it, and making one or two basic mistakes in tool handling. I don't believe I'll be building any more steps for a while, but I think the experience was a good one and if I ever do need to build a set of stairs again, they will be perfect. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: (412) 268-9081
