Porch column bases

A contractor friend of mine was hired to rebuild an old house porch. One of the column bases was rotten, so he asked me to duplicate it. I can easily make round column bases on my lathe. The new column bases are shown at right.

 

 

 

 

 

 

He also asked me to make two similar ones, only smaller, for the bases of the newel posts. And he asked me to turn a little round finials for the top of the newels as seen below.

 

The owner wanted a new balustrade. I had full scale mockups of balustrades that I gave to the contractor and he showed them to the owners. They picked the ones shown at right. It s a favorite of mine as the balusters are turned 90 degrees. A very classy look. From the side it makes them look wider so a  1 1/2 board looks like 1 3/4.