Threading Stanchions
For the rest of the railing, the stanchions have to be threaded on the wire, and then were glued in as I worked my way around the upper deck. As is so typical for Pommern, the upper deck was complicated, with numerous angles, curves etc.

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Bending
To make a corner or a curve, I would start the bend by placing a clamp on the inside edge where I needed the bend. The pieces of wood are there to keep the railing vertical while all the work was being done in that area.

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Always Count on Wood....
Then another piece of wood was used to apply pressure to make the bend.

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