I installed an oak stair railing some years ago, but I never got around to attaching the curved ends. So it currently just has these square ends that are ugly and dangerous.
What is the right way to attach the end pieces to stair rail?
I know you can buy double-ended wood screws, but is this common method? Seems like it would be hard to get them to perfectly line up. I guess you drill one hole, put a cut-off nail in the hole and use the nail point to mark the other piece.
I've considered dowels, and barrel fasteners as well. Barrel fasteners would require holes in the side in a discrete location.
Ideas?