摘要 |
<p>A wooden newel post has top and bottom ends , and includes a core unit made of lower quality wood and a surrounding unit made of higher quality wood. The core unit includes a lower core member that extends from the bottom end of the wooden newel post, and an upper core member that is disposed over the lower core member and that extends toward the top end of the wooden newel post . The surrounding unit includes an upper surrounding member that extends from the top end of the wooden newel post, that surrounds the upper core member, and that has a bottom end segment connected to the lower core member, and a lower surrounding member that extends from the bottom end of the wooden newel post, and that surrounds the lower core member and the bottom end segment of the upper surrounding member.</p> |