I needed a custom bracket for a stair railing that I installed this weekend. It is an old house (1928) and the wall studs are not laid out on 16″ centers everywhere, so there is a large unsupported gap at the end of the rail that needed bracing. I am a blacksmith, so I made the needed bracket in the forge Sunday evening. It took about 30 minutes and I worked it in to some other stuff I was doing.
The rails need their ends eased, primed, and painted and I have a little drywall work to do, but I am happy to have been able to run this custom piece out quickly and glad that it works as it was designed and meant to do.