Working with Role, The Stairguy.

This is the start of a brand-new video collection showing you all the intricacies of stair building. All these ideas were developed and first used by professional carpenter and stair specialist Roland Scholler, aka, The Stairguy.

Stair building is tough enough without having to reinvent the wheel and do a lot of head scratching even if you are a pro.  That's where The Stairguy series comes into play.

Volume One's main attraction:

How to mount skirt boards and efficiently cut them to fit with the risers.  This is the part of the staircase, if not done properly, could ruin the look of your project very easily.  The Stairguy will show you the procedures you will need to install your skirt boards along with the use of a special jig he has developed for this purpose.  You will learn how to cut skirt boards so they match up to the risers, then how to install them onto a rough framed staircase.  You will be amazed! how truly easy this process can be using his techniques.

Part two, cutting very difficult stair parts:

The difficult stair parts in question are called up-easeings and over-easeings. 

These curved components are used when joining a raked rail, which follows up the staircase, until it meets with the smooth and swooping transition piece, called the rail drop. This is the section that links the stair's raked handrail with a second floor horizontal balustrade. They can also be used when going down your staircase to make level transitions with the main floor railing, a volute or a turn-out. With easements you can accomplish these joinery tasks and thus give your banister a very rich and elegant appearance. However, cutting these difficult pieces in your miter box accurately has always been a very dangerous and tedious chore. No more! Using a simple technique along with a special jig he has invented, The Stairguy will show you how to cut easements safely, precisely and easily.

Bonus features: 

The Stairguy has included, for free, two more techniques along with their jigs that have been huge assets to him building and assembling stairs. 

Bonus feature one:

This first idea is a new and improved way of cutting regular miters, mitering tiny delicate moldings and super miters.  Super miters are tremendously difficult to make because they are cut at extreme angles, angles normally impossible to cut in a regular miter box. The Stairguy shows you how to make short work of them.

Bonus feature two: 

I'm sure most of you have heard of, or possibly used a pocket cutter or a Kreg jig.  If you own a Kreg jig, put it up on the shelf, you are not going to need it anymore.  If you don't have a pocket cutter or a Kreg jig yet, don't bother buying one.  With this new item The Stairguy will save you the money on that purchase and then help you produce better results than if you had bought a Kreg jig.

The great thing about this video is that you can implement all the ideas that are exhibited with the tools that you already own. There is no special or new equipment to be purchased. The video demonstrates the ideas in depth and then helps you quickly build the jigs (tools) on site or in your shop as you need them.  The running time of this video is approximately 1 hour and 47 minutes. I took a lot of time explaining each jig and nothing was rushed. You will be impressed at how much this DVD will increase the usefulness of your equipment and your bottom line.  As you know your business' bottom line is of the utmost importance.  Anything you can do to increase your productivity, your quality of workmanship, and decrease expenses are the key. In the end it defines your success or your demise.  With that in mind any idea in this production, used just once in a practical application, will pay for the cost of this DVD and then continue to produce dividends from there on out.

Volume one is the starting point of a new video series that will grow over time with the intent of building on your stair building and woodworking skills.  Every subsequent volume that follows will expand on ideas as we go into depth and through all manners of stair building situations.  New videos are now in post production, please stay tuned.

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