Gallery
Walnut Newel Post
Jan 11, 2010
The newel post was designed and built by Wilson & McCracken. The main post is constructed of 16 tapered walnut staves. The cylinder has a band of burl inlay.
The carving is typical of other locations in the house. Featured in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, and seen on On Q Magazine (WQED TV) the newel has been one of our favorite projects.
We were also asked to create a 9′ section of balustrade for the third floor.
Utilizing 4″ thick walnut there were no laminations in the highly turned, shaped and carved spindles. The hand and base railing contains nine custom matched shapes. We were later asked to create a newel post for the first floor.
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Comments
Wow. Bet that cost a pretty penny. Nice work. Nice contract. I am currently building a site built stair railing with some big box newels, 12" at the base, but no turnings. Maybe I'll post it if it seems worthy once It's complete
Good to see that commercial businesses are using traditional techniques to produce authentic reproductions.
Realy beautifull. Sorry, i'm spanish and may be my english was not very good. But i hope you understand that your work is excellent for me.
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