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The way to do it is to cut the newels and then affix a new part newel to the top of them, but to do this you need to work out how to rout a perfectly centred 40mm hole in the middle of a newel post stump that is in situ
Rather than a peg / hole situation could you scarf it? Would give you a bigger faying surface and you could put a bolt through it for strength.
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The stairs in my place are turning into a right saga. Changing the newel posts on the half landing returns is impossible because they are integral pieces of the construction and tied-in on 3 sides. The way to do it is to cut the newels and then affix a new part newel to the top of them, but to do this you need to work out how to rout a perfectly centred 40mm hole in the middle of a newel post stump that is in situ. It's really not easy. Job for next weekend.
Left it as a death trap for the decorator.