Steve Promo recently was asked to make thirty (30) railing posts for a hotel on Mackinac Island. All 30 are now done. Steve says it took him 22 minutes per post when he started but with the proper setup to duplicate the posts and his skill he got it down to 10 minutes a post. Posts are made from local soft yellow cedar. Here are some pictures of his project.
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| This is Steve's setup for duplicating the posts. The old post is mounted behind the soon to be new post and marks are transferred from the old post to Steve's long tool rest and then to the blank to speed up duplication. New posts are turned between centers and sanded. |
This is a finished post ready for painting.
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| Here are many of the finished posts with many more blanks to go stacked behind them. |
All the posts are hand turned as opposed to being cut by a computer run machine. Steve's skills make it look easy and they all look the same. Thanks for sharing Steve. Well done.
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