Handrail of doom pt 2

So, here we have our first two turns "squared out" of solid oak:



...attached to the correct lengths of straight handrail and set over the cap for a final fitting and angle check before we start to carve the profile onto the pieces:



looks pretty good:



Practice piece: we experiment with routers and different carving tools for a bit:



and then start in on the real thing...

before:




much, much after:








some wet weather blows in so we fall back and start to work out the design for the bottom turn of the staircase, which flows into this spiral piece called the "volute".



and now, back to carving....