Extending original handrails in an Oxford College
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| To start with, a
detailed survey, and the production of shop drawings for
both the runs of the handrail, and for the patternwork
needed.
We could also then work out where the various
supports could go to line up with the strong points in
the panelling
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| The patterns needed
to be cored to produce the hollow shape of the rail, to
be cast in bronze.
In the pictures here the black extensions mark the
core prints, and the plain red patterns form the mould
for the cores themselves
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| Being a
hollow section, the bronze rails needed to be supported
by steel sections - this copied the original scheme - so
we used the steelwork to check we had the run of the
rails and the position of the supports right. |
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| Inevitably a few
adjustments, but then the rails could be fitted.
The new handrails fitted so well into the existing
decor that they were barely noticeable; perhaps the best
compliment of all? |
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