Assess Existing Spindle Gaps

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Great jig for handrail jobs 👍 #trimwork #carpentry #woodworking

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The video begins by highlighting a common problem in stair installation: large, unsightly gaps between the bottom of stair spindles and the angled handrail or stringer. The demonstrator shows a pre-installed black spindle with a significant gap, emphasizing the need for a precise cut to rectify this aesthetic and potentially structural issue.

Goal: Understand the problem of gaps under stair spindles.

Tools and materials

Angled Handrail/Stringer — The surface against which the spindle is poorly fitted
Stair Spindle — Demonstrating the problem of existing gaps

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This is some of the sloppy work we see on job sites all the time. See this big gap up here in the front. This is a jig we made with a couple dowels and a hold down. We just give it a cut. Pretty simple jig to [music] make. And here's the results. They say they're adjustable, but we've yet to have any that we didn't have to cut. Is this something you do?

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