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Finally started my "Thomas Jefferson Stairs" for the loft. I sure hope I measured everything right.

I'm using 2x10's for everything and I decided to rout out the areas where the treads attach to the stringers. I'm also going to glue and screw them. Once it dries, I may back the screws back out, drill 1/2" holes in their places and then insert oak dowels in there and glue them in just to make it look nice. I haven't settled on that.

My plans I drew up:



I had to transfer all that onto an actual piece of wood...



At first I tried to cut the dado areas with my saw and then take chisel to them, but that was a pain in the ass. So I took out my router and I made a jig out of scrap wood that would slide up and down the stringer and of course that worked out pretty good. The view from my back deck workshop ain't too bad...



All done with the stringers...



Once Mrs. Irish gets through making me an omelette and I get through with my second cup of coffee, I'll get my ass up and start on the offset treads.