Handrail for steps to front door - ideas please

Usual way, in wood, if you only want/need the bend in one plane, ie. no turning round corners is to bandsaw it out of a solid block, you then put in handrail bolts from the under side along with a couple of dowels to join it to the straight sections.
It will of course need to be shaped to the section that you have chosen for the straits.

 

Well I thought you would end up with S/S its the modern material.

Just out of interest, this is how we used to do it in wood, just a few steps worth.

 

@pete would I be correct in thinking you used a Spindle Moulder to finish shaping those after sawing?

 

Well spindle moulder only up to a point as usually the twists and turns are too tight , so quite a lot is done by hand and alot by eye really, if it looks right it usually is, you can tell straight away if it doesn't look right.

 

Yes John it was the last one I made back in 2011, just a small piece for a private house, the companies I worked for after that didn't take on that kind of work because it was too time consuming to make a profit.
The company I worked for back in the 80 and 90s did do a lot of that kind of thing and we did all kinds of handrail, in lots of places, mostly large government buildings in London.

 

Looks a good site for ideas, very expensive otherwise. A 6m length of stainless steel pipe 2mm thick wall is £249.

This site sells the same grade pipe for £120.96

Stainless Steel Tube - Type 316 42.4mm Diameter x 6m Long - F H Brundle

This site is even cheaper £92.66

42.4mm o/d x 2mm wall Stainless Steel Grade 316 tube for Balustrade Upright Posts and Handrails (completestainless.co.uk)

 

Is this the entrance for guests?

 

They look great. I've never tried making any but have seen a couple of attempts in houses that were woeful. Some of the turns where the handrail turns in plan and elevation look like real pigs to make.