Stairway To Heaven (well, upstairs actually)...........but not the bedroom!

 

Needed to make a small staircase and fortunately my brother had a couple of spare planks of wood which were perfect for use as the stringers and treads. 

I set up a simple jig using some pieces of scrap wood to ensure that the same angle was maintained for each of the tread grooves.  The jig simply slid up and down the length of the stringer and was screwed into place.

Each tread groove was recessed by 5/8" and even my relatively cheap router managed the job no bother, taking out approx. 1/4" on each pass.

Whilst it looks as if i'm making this on the living room carpet, I'm actually making this in the garage and have laid the old living room carpet in there to make it easier on my old knees.

Once i'd cut all the treads to the same width and length I gave them a quick sand a chamfered the front edges.  Plenty of glue and 3 screws in each side of the tread through the stringer should ensure that it's sturdy enough.  I laid it on it's side and left it with weights on it overnight to ensure that it didn't twist or separate whilst the glue was setting

The finished article, an open tread staircase ready to be varnished then fitted in place.