Hi Michael🖐In my experience, even doweling down into the joists never really gives makes a strong, wobble free newel👍I appreciate your comment, and you're so right when you say that sometimes you need to know when enough is good enough👊Thanks for watching😎Cheers Del

Hi FW🖐It's probably a conversion we could have at great length, and it is a little bit sad that the game seems to have turned into a constant race to get things done quickly with no time to edulge in the older, more traditional methods of carpentry and joinery😩 I appreciate your comment and thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del

@@thetallcarpenter Ah, nostalgia is not what it used to be Del!! Keep em coming & thanks mate👍

Hi Joe🖐It's great that you find my videos interesting and helpful and comments like yours keep me motivated to carry on making them🤗Cheers Del

Hi Ronald🖐Thanks for your kind words🤗and yes, the saw seems OK now👊Cheers Del

Hi Maidhc🖐Paddy's day is quite big in our family, as I'm part Irish, and my wife is half Irish and my father in law is 100% Dublin🇮🇪Thanks for watching and your comment 😎 Cheers Del

Hi John🖐You to bud🤗Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del

Hi there🖐Thanks for watching and appreciate your comment😎Cheers Del

Hi Michael🖐Thanks for you comment, and this was a nice little job to do👊Cheers Del

Hi Marc🖐Thanks for you great comment and I've got a stand alone video coming out soon showing a bit more detail on cutting the mortice and tenon👊I do get great satisfaction out of doing what I do, and it's always great when a joint works sweet straight off the saw🤟Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del

Thanks for the reply. Really looking forward to seeing that. I understand the satisfaction and it’s well deserved. Great to show off what can be done with a handsaw too. 👌👌👍👍

@@marcmcgettigan3580 Cheers Marc👍

Hi RJ🖐I take it this is also the sort of job you might get👊These little jobs are pretty cool for us carpenters, and there's a lot of satisfaction to be had once they're completed🤩Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del

Hi Aaron🖐I guess it comes from my early apprenticeship when I worked for a company that'd everything traditionally👍plus I like to keep my hand in doing these kind of joints👊Thanks for watching and your comment 😎 Cheers Del

Hi John🖐Shame there's not brickies in my world like you were/are mate, as I go behind some shocking work😬Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del

Hi Marcus🖐I appreciate your comment bud, and thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del

I'll take that as a compliment coming from you Steve🤗Thanks for watching mate 😎 Cheers Del

@@thetallcarpenter 😉😁🤜🏽🤛🏽🧱👍🏽

Thanks for watching Neil😎Cheers Del

Hi Tim🖐I always try to moisten the surfaces when using PU glue, but I think I just got a bit over excited on this one and let glue flow😲I paid the price though, as I had to clean off all those drips😖Thanks for your tip and for watching 😎 Cheers Del

It went pretty sweet Chris👊I think I impressed myself🤪Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del

It's always a little win when the joints are good straight of the saw🤟Thanks for watching and your comment 😎 Cheers Del

Great comment Jay🤗and I use it all the time, as, like you say, it's really controllable👊I just didn't have any this day, and there was some PU floor glue on the job which saved me having to nip to a Toolstation to pick some more up👍Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del

Hi Jay, that's the stuff I use , sparingly.

Cheers Barry🤗Thanks for watching

Hi there🖐I appreciate your comment and you subscribing🤩Cheers Del

Hi Paddy🖐Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del

Thanks for watching Tyler😎Cheers Del

Hi Sadaqat🤓Thanks for your comment bud,and for watching 😎Cheers Del

Thanks for watching disklamer 🤩Cheers Del

Hi Phil🖐Yeah, I couldn't contain my glee with how nicely that joint came straight of the saw/chisel😆Great comment bud and thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del

That's not what the customer wanted Shawn😬Often, what SHOULD be done on jobs like these is not done in favour of what the client/customer wants🤔Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del

Cheers BB🤩Thanks for watching 😎

Cheers Jim🤗Thanks for watching👍

Hi Carl🖐I appreciate you watching bud, and your generous comment🤩Hope you enjoy part 2🤞Cheers Del

Hi Marcel🖐 I guess we gain experience with every job we do, and end up getting to know things will turn out depending on which direction we take at specific points of the job🤔Thanks for your great comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del

You know it NS😬Thanks for watching and your comment😎Cheers Del

Thanks for watching Harpreet🤩Cheers Del

Sorry bud, I'll film it if I do another one👌Cheers Del

Hi Richard🖐Thanks for your comment🤗and yes, I do use an oldschool oilstone to sharpen my chisels👍Cheers Del

Hi Kevin🖐I've seen a few videos on the Domino cutter🤓It does look like a great bit of kit, but a little too good for my jobs😬Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del

I used to think will I use this machine as I have full workshop set up with mortice and tennon machines but I took the plunge and find myself using it more than I thought I would.

@@thetallcarpenter A masterful display of how to cut a tenon with a simple panel saw T.C, 👍😁🔨🇮🇪

Hi Simon🖐Yes it's a Fein cutter and like you, I wouldn't be without one now👊Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del

You're so right Charlie🤩I've loved messing about making things out of wood since I was old enough to hold a saw and hammer😆Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del

Thanks for watching Wayne 🤩👊🤩

Hi Paul🖐I've never got on with knee pad inserts as my legs are long and they never sit right when I kneel down😲I find that little kneeler pad more flexible and you can also sit on it at grub time🍵🤩 Thanks for watching and another great comment 😎Cheers Del

@@thetallcarpenter I'm the opposite to you I'm small in stature, I agree knee pad inserts tend to move tge wrong way when kneeling alot. I find I'm fussing at them. I have a question if you have time? Have you ever cut a pitched round roof ? I would love to. I worked on a old Irish castle that had one on a round town ,it was amazing all done by hand tools back in the day. I used to use my luck break to examine it 🤣I'd love to see a video of a round roof being constructed.

@@paulcloona9331 Hi Paul🖐There's a few roofs I'd love to do, and a proper round one is on the list🤞I've done a 12 sided roof but it had little hips so not really round. I'd also like to do an eyebrow dorma, a mansard and a steep pitched Oust house one👊I definitely feel a little underfullfilled when it comes to roofing and you should check out Jason Joyce on KZfaq as he does some AMAZING roofs👍Thanks for another great comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del

@@thetallcarpenter thank you del for the reply. I will check Jason Joyce 👍😎. A America chippy on a site I'm on put up a eyebrow dormer he had done, he curved the dormer right back into the room pictures of it as he built it.He Said it was very challenging, it was top class. 😁

@@paulcloona9331 It would be great to get stuck into something like that Paul🤞

Hi Michael🖐It's rare that the oak components I fit are pre-finished and I haven't seen any problems with PVA drawing out tannin when using oak👍Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del

@@thetallcarpenter Ah, by pre-finished I meant apply the finish yourself before you start fitting. I find it much easier to apply the first coat at the bench, and then sand it all before I start fitting. Then when everything is in place I go through and give it all a final coat.

@@trig I get you Michael👍Generally I'm just asked to do the carpentry, but occasionally on jobs with good decorators, I will work in with them and get some bits pre-finished👊

I prefer polyurethane glue on stair jobs, one reason is as you say Pva draws out the tannins in oak and leaves a black stain if it's not removed quickly, 🔨 🇮🇪

@@TheToolnut As you can see from the video TN, I always seem to get PU glue all over the place😲Cheers Del

Hi Sean🖐Stepping the tenon down from the top of the handrail leaves a cleaner joint against the newel face. If the tenon was full height you'd see a tiny bit of the mortice no matter how good the joint was👍Thanks for watching and your comment 😎 Cheers Del

Hi Andy🖐Bit of a guess really bud🤞You kinda know what looks meaty enough and just let you're eye be your guide🤓Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del

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Hi Jim🖐I cut the nosing in pretty tight so it held itself with just the biscuits as the glue cured👊(it's not a high expanding PU glue)Thanks for watching 😎Cheers Del

Hi Kris🖐I get what you ate saying, but the position of the new newel was always going to be dictated by where the original base rail and handrail it was joining into, and therefore the size of newel could not have affected this. Yes, I could have made the capping/nosing a lot wider and solved all the newel overhanging issues, but this would have meant it hanging further out into the stair well, not only looking odd against the original one it mitred into, but also causing more work trying to support it, as using the 90mm newel kept the base rail centred over the joint between the floor and the capping so I could screw the capping into both, again, helping to support the capping. A 70mm newel just would have made all the base rail and capping look a bit on top of each other, or, as you suggest, a wider nosing that would have looked out with the adjoining one from underneath👍The next part is out soon so hopefully you should be able to see the finished detail👊Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del

Hi Robert🖐 I did a video on what's inside my tool roll, and I kinda answer your question a little bit in that. But, no, I rarely come across anyone using boxwood handles chisels and a mallet on my sites😬Thanks for watching and your great comment😎Cheers Del

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f7lzmK-p3Z-nnKc.html Here you go👍

Hi Paul🖐Normally, the full newels would sit further out and be halved over the joists giving extra strength 💪 But in this instance, we didn't go for that due to customer wanting a cleaner line between the stair well wall and the 1st floor landing. (basically no aprons). Skew screwing the newel down is plenty good enough, as it gets its upright support from the stair flight top newel and the half newel at the other wall. It would take a ridiculous amount of force to either, uproot the full newel from the floor, or hit it so hard that it broke the flights top newel👊Replacing newels when modernising stairs is always a tricky business, as, as I described above, the newels get thier strength from being halved over the 1st floor and morticed and tenoned into the string, (and usually the newel goes down into the floor screed), at the bottom. Replacing the top and bottom newels on the main flight is a lot of work, and I've found over the years, that simply cutting off and trying to dowel in a new one's, never seems strong enough as people do swing on the newels when using the stairs.😬Thanks for your comment 😎 Cheers Del

@@thetallcarpenter cheers Del. Keep up the good work

@@thetallcarpenter I agree with you in relation to retro fitting newels onto existing stairs T.C. I've done a few jobs where I used newel extensions. I don't like them to be honest. I prefer to take out the old newels completely and replace them. A temporary structural post under the top of the stringer supports the stairs whilst I remove the top newel. The bottom newel is usually more straight forward to remove. Obviously one has more scope if the stairs is being carpeted. Modern developments in power tools have helped greatly of course like the cordless multi-tool. Along with advancements in fixings like Timberloc structural screws and the Kreg H.D jig. Polyurethane glues are fantastic for stair renovation work as well, 👍 😁 🔨 🇮🇪

Drill a 16mm hole into the slab with a corresponding hole of the same diameter in the bottom centre of the base newel then install some 14mm threaded bar (approximately 18" long) Dry fit and check for plumb then once happy put some polyurethane glue or expanding foam into the holes. Job done, 👍 I usually try to get the old newels out in one piece if I can. They act as templates for the new newels, 🔨 🇮🇪

@@TheToolnut I agree with your whole comment TN and I won't be coached into a quick and easy stair update by a customer saying 'we don't want to go to mad, just tart it up a bit'😬I either do the flight newel properly as you describe, or walk away👍Cheers Del

Hi Neil🖐It's OK bud, but not setting the world on fire😲Cheers Del

Hi there🖐Quite possibly, and only had to do it the way I did due to the designer putting in a second full newel at the landing👍Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del

@@thetallcarpenter I'm goin to delete my comment as I think it looks like I'm picking your work, I'm bad for asking questions, but I do as I enjoy learning and finding out things, I always think you can't stop learning mate, I'll let you read this comment and I'll say thank you for your reply budy much appreciated, All the best budy take care and I love the tidy work you do love it, Take care mate.

@xxYxNxWxAxx 97 Please don't delete your comment🙏There's absolutely nothing wrong with suggesting different ways of doing things and carpentrys all about sharing knowledge and ideas💡It's great to have you watching🤩Cheers Del

Yes. I'm trying to do the same but it's proving to be a nightmare 😢