Stair treads

[SpottyDog5]

I am going to fabricate new companionway stairs, I can do the Stainless bit, but I am struggling on a source for the wooden treads.
Can anyone recommend a source ?
Oak with inlayed tread master would be nice, but not crucial.
Cheers

 

[nimbusgb]

Get a decent carpenter to make them up to spec.

 

[SpottyDog5]

Get a decent carpenter to make them up to spec.

Thats is plan "b", but you know what is like, you have them made, then someone tells you you can get them of the shelf.....

 

[rob2]

Actually, ask around your friends and see if anyone has a router. If so you can very easily make them yourself - well get him to make them - to your own preferred design. So long as you have two tubes to support each step they will be good and stable, that is no tendency to twist. It would be a nice touch to rout out a panel to take a Treadmaster pad to the depth of the base material, leaving only the tread standing proud. If you're really feeling flash, the ends can be angled upward so they are essentially flat when the boat is heeled.

Rob.

 

[SpottyDog5]

Actually, ask around your friends and see if anyone has a router. If so you can very easily make them yourself - well get him to make them - to your own preferred design. So long as you have two tubes to support each step they will be good and stable, that is no tendency to twist. It would be a nice touch to rout out a panel to take a Treadmaster pad to the depth of the base material, leaving only the tread standing proud. If you're really feeling flash, the ends can be angled upward so they are essentially flat when the boat is heeled.

Rob.

Cheers Rob, I actually own a router, just lack the skill to do a proper job......

 

[rob2]

Spotty,

Why not try a "mock up" in some cheap timber? I'm sure you're being too modest and anyway a lot of minor mistakes in woodworking disappear when you sand down to finish. I've often been amazed at how nice pieces look once the edges have been shaped with the router - a rub down and a bit of wax and they really look super!

If it works then buy top quality, new cutters for working with oak as it's very hard to cut.

Rob.

 

[SpottyDog5]

Spotty,

Why not try a "mock up" in some cheap timber? I'm sure you're being too modest and anyway a lot of minor mistakes in woodworking disappear when you sand down to finish. I've often been amazed at how nice pieces look once the edges have been shaped with the router - a rub down and a bit of wax and they really look super!

If it works then buy top quality, new cutters for working with oak as it's very hard to cut.

Rob.

You're right, got to be worth a go, I will remove one of the existing steps tomorrow and have a play

 

[Tranona]

Teak is the biz for steps. Nobody will make them as a standard item. Just buy a board of your chosen width about 40mm thick from somebody like Howells in Poole and route grooves if you fancy, cut to length and mount on your stainless frame.

You can do the same in Oak but you may find it more difficult to source a decent board

 

[SpottyDog5]

Finally got around to finishing them, didn't come out half bad....

 

[Frayed Knot]

Spotty,

Why not try a "mock up" in some cheap timber? I'm sure you're being too modest and anyway a lot of minor mistakes in woodworking disappear when you sand down to finish. I've often been amazed at how nice pieces look once the edges have been shaped with the router - a rub down and a bit of wax and they really look super!

If it works then buy top quality, new cutters for working with oak as it's very hard to cut.

Rob.

True about the minor mistakes disappearing - but in my experience, router-related ones tend not to

 

[Frayed Knot]

Sorry, forgot to say: nice job!