I will be tackling my little stair project over the weekend and had a couple questions about the stair I am doing.
1.) Joining my wood planks together. My bottom step is a wedge shape and is about 18 inches at it's deepest, so I will be needing to use three pieces of wood since the stair treads I bought are only 11 and 1/2 inch deep. That said, what is a good way to join these together before I cut them to the wedge shape. Lap joint? Biscuit joint? Some other joint I probably can't do?
2.) The stair has an angle cut as well on the front... so I need to join another piece to the 2 straight pieces I am going. How best to measure and apply the angle correctly to my boards so I can get the angle correct?
Also I have to update: I made 2 circular saw jigs since my table saw is CRAP, and it works GREAT! So cutting the boards, including the nose off the one tread, should prove quite easy.
Thanks.
Zack