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Can you wedge something between the bottom of the spindle where the round tenon enters the base?
Does the hand rail have enough flex to allow clamping?
My first thought is to wrap some rubber electrical tape around the spindles above and below the break. Then attach a hose clamp around each band of tape.
Then I get stuck because I cannot figure a way to clamp to the upper and lower hose clamps.
Perhaps you can put a piece of wood under each clamp and run a screw from the top one to the bottom one to draw the pieces together.
Or perhaps only clamp the bottom part and use a ratcheting strap to pull it up to the upper. You could simply stand a ladder next to the banister and use that for the upper anchor of the ratcheting strap.
No easy answers though.
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There is mitered trim on the outboard side of the tread. If you remove that can you pull out the spindle and then put the assembled spindle back in and re-attach the trim?
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Take two pieces of soft wood 2x2x4ish" long. Bore a straight hole thru both about the size of the bottom of the baluster. Taper (on a lathe) one to roughly match the taper of the baluster above the break. Slice the 2x2's in half longways. Clamp one above and one below the break with good parallel clamps. Use the sides of those clamps to clamp with 2 more clamps.
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(05-18-2020, 03:21 PM)Cdshakes Wrote: Friends house has a single broken ballister. Was hoping to glue it up and pull it back together in place. Certainly am NOT going to take this railing apart.
Anyone have a suggestion for how to get this pressure to pull it back together, in place?
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Norm Abrams did this exact repair on the new This Old House episode that aired Saturday on PBS. He removed the side trim and the bottom of the baluster was dovetailed into the stair tread. See if you can find Saturday's This Old House and check it out.
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There appears to be a good bit of rotted wood in it.
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Isn’t it true that no matter how it is clamped, in place, or removed from the step, that the little glued spot will have no strength? Wouldn’t you have to drill out both ends and insert a dowel?
