I’m in the process of upgrading the stair well into my basement and I need to make a hand rail. This is rough sketch of what I am thinking of making. The dark wood is oak and the light is partial board. I’m want to do it this way because I don’t have enough material to make it all out of oak. My question is am I asking for trouble by laminating the oak to the partial board like this? My gut feeling is that it will be OK, but I thought I would run it by the group before trying it.