How to Repair a Wobbly Newel Post | This Old House

This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows how to stabilize an unsteady staircase post. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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Shopping List for How to Repair a Wobbly Newel Post:
- two _-inch-diameter x 36-inch-long threaded rods, used to fortify post
- two coupling nuts, for attaching hanger bolts to threaded rods
- two hanger bolts
- _-inch-thick plywood
- carpenter's glue
Tools for How to Repair a Wobbly Newel Post:
- utility knife
- thin pry bar
- flashlight
- drill/driver fitted with three 12-inch-long drill-bit extensions and _-inch-diameter x 12-inch-long drill bit, used to bore pilot holes in base of post
- pliers
- router with slot-cutting bit chisel
- _-inch-wide chisel and hammer
- jigsaw
- ratcheting socket wrench
- 7/16-inch-diameter drill bit
- reciprocating saw
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