Damnit, still didn't land like I wanted it to.

I guess using the stapler, it forces the wood together a little more than just having it laid out...sooooooo, it opened up a little gap at the end. I'm trying to decide if I should chisel out 3/16" off that edge at the top of the stairs, or take 3/16" off the back of the top stair nosing.

What's the best way to fix this this? The nosing is not attached, it's just sitting in place for the pic.

carefully rip 3/16 off the underbbackside of the nosing, (The par that with rest againtst the riser. (I say carefully because after you rip it 3/16, tou are going to have to stand it on end and rip it the opposite way.) With the blade 3 inches or so from the base of the saw.

You can chisel it, but it will take some time, and alot of patience, seeing as its prefinished and you cant just flip it over and go at it.

Mayby you could rip it twice, to equal 3/16, that would save time...and fingers

You say this assuming that I have a table saw. I want to buy one but "How many freaking saws do you need?" my wife says to me. I don't think a circular saw would be very accurate eh...

I've been eyeballing one on Craigslist that I want to pick up; maybe I should just pull the trigger on that tomorrow and go get it...

are you going to rip the peices for walls ect with a circular saw?

You could rent, or borrow one

No sir.

I will pick one up tomorrow then. I found this one on Craigslist, brand new, for $375.
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/sto ... =100007962

I'm sure I'll find many other things to do with it. I'm leary of getting a cheap $100 saw with a crappy rip fence.

Thats a pretty nice saw, Bigger than you need for your project though, But you can find other uses for it ^_^
Im a dewalt\bosch man myself, had a giant bosh like the one you picturered, just wasnt pratical to bring from site to site, or to store. Its currently in storage unless I need to rip plywood ect. But the 10 in portable dewalt from HD, with a decent blade ... Well I was amazed, couldnt imagine doing a floor without dewalt backing my cuts to 1/64th of an inch accuracy.

I like yours too, just to big for me

I hear ya, it's a pretty darn solid/sturdy "non-portable" type setup. BUT, since I'm not an installer I'm not too worried about portability. I'll set it up in the basement for now, once I get the garage epoxied I'll move it out there. I've got a detached 28' x 48' so I have a bit of room to play with. It's got wheels too so it's kind of movable in the area.

A buddy of mine in Hawaii picked one up, here's his review (great read!) Talented guy too)...
http://www.corral.net/forums/showthread.php?t=957782


1/64"? Damn man. Serious question: How do you make cuts that accurate? Even when I make a pencil mark it's probably 1/16"-1/32" thick, so how do you make a cut that is 3x as accurate?

I love my portable Dewalt but it wasn't cheap. You can get a better model from Sears than you can from The Home Despot.

I like checking out the pawn shops. You can sometimes find good tools for very reasonable prices. And you can see them up close compared to a listing on a web site.

I didnt belive the 1/64th bit either, I had/have the bosch monster table saw, was 700 with stand in 2001, was the best table saw I owned, Made very accurate cuts for a while (caused alot of back pain) and moving it from one side of the room to the other usually took either taking it apart from the base, or two pwople to move it across the floor.
The other problem I had with it was the guide, It had a nice locking mechanisim in the front, but the rear part was 1/10th the size, and it was like most saws where you just slide the guide to where you want it.
So on prescion cuts (dropping boards between two boards ect) it wasnt always perfect, sometimes you had to rip it more than once to get it correct, or whip out the old finger planer.

One day the rear of the guide came loose (and bosch parts here arent readily ava, then atleast) long story short had to run and pick up a temporoary saw. Chose the dewalt, It has a rack and gear system on the fromt and back of the saw, making for really accurate cuts. (provided you use a good blade)
after almost 2 years I am still thrilled about it.