Wooden spiral staircase lasermade

ernesto.a.ramirezr · August 30, 2016, 5:35pm

This is one of the things I would love to do with my Glowforge … the only problem is that I live in a one floor apartment but it is a nice idea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arciUquLly8

ben1 · August 30, 2016, 5:51pm

That is awesome. I would totally build that if I could replace the one in my condo.

cleetose · August 30, 2016, 5:53pm

Very cool, I love spiral staircases! The lack of handrail on that one is concerning though.

jamesdhatch · August 30, 2016, 6:31pm

Didn’t stop the woman behind the Winchester House in California when she ran out of places to put stairways

paulw · August 30, 2016, 8:47pm

It’s gorgeous, but I do wonder a little about the floor loading on that central piece… (Now I want to make one with cutouts. Hmm, if I were really stupid I sort of have a place for a spiral staircase…)

tim1724 · August 31, 2016, 1:37am

And illegal in some states.

dan · August 31, 2016, 2:45am

Fun fact: Glowforge cofounder/CTO Mark built a CNC plasma torch in his garage to build a metal spiral staircase. (It’s gorgeous). Then he retrofitted it with a laser because hey, why not, and you know what happened next…

Brandon_R · August 31, 2016, 5:02am

I say do it anyway. Who cares if it doesn’t go anywhere. It’s art!

ben1 · September 1, 2016, 12:31am

I see no reason that a handrail couldn’t be added. The laser means you can calculate the curve geometry and lay up the rail with short, thin sections. Then just add some uprights. Could even do cutouts in the uprights to keep the open look. Use thin enough sheet and you could do some spirals or cloud shapes or a mural along the railing uprights.

marmak3261 · September 1, 2016, 1:00am

For some reason i thought this was posted here, before but can’t find it. Must have been just seeing the original YouTube channel: HomeMadeModern. Ben Uyeda documents his design to execution very well. The handrail is in the works.

ernesto.a.ramirezr · September 1, 2016, 3:15pm

or you can use some poles as handrail an also they can be used also to join the wood on the stairs… yeah it probably look like a cage but safe

paulw · September 1, 2016, 3:21pm

Using vertical poles to support a handrail would also lock in the alignment of the pieces. I wonder if you would even need glue.

ernesto.a.ramirezr · September 1, 2016, 3:21pm

Yeah i know! I have seen a lot of things to do in the Glowforge I wasn’t sure if it was here or not… so I expended a full day searching in all the forum just to be sure … It is my first post, so I wanted to be sure

takitus · September 1, 2016, 7:10pm

This was cut on a CNC machine, and the wood was pretty thick compared to what you will be cutting on your glowforge. Im not exactly sure what thickness he was cutting, but it might take a few passes for a forge to make it through something a little thinner from just a visual inspection.

B_and_D_T · September 1, 2016, 10:37pm

It was, here:

jacobturner · September 1, 2016, 10:52pm

I would just go with thinner material and more total layers. Means more glue applied by you instead of already present in the plywood. But not a big issue I imagine.

marmak3261 · September 2, 2016, 12:44am

-Thanks. So I wasn’t crazy. Just couldn’t find it in searches. It was a naked post.

bshindorf · September 9, 2016, 5:53pm

You could always build a spiral and use it a bookshelf or a nice place to holds plants etc.

PlGHEADED · September 10, 2016, 8:48pm

rails? Naw… make a giant acrylic tube !!!

(have fun trying to get anything wider than you up the stairs though…)

jacobturner · September 10, 2016, 9:55pm

My kid’s hamster has demonstrated how to carry things up a tube.

One second while I jam a sofa in my cheeks.