Picture Frame

[mikedude]

I recently finished a picture frame for LOML. It is Brazilian Cherry with 2 coats of tung oil. Got a custom piece of glass from a local craft store. Enjoy! Let me know any questions.

Mike St Augustine, FL

[crokett]

Mike,

That is some nice work indeed. Did the craft store do the matting or did you do it? I got a mat kit for Christmas - I want to do a lot of picture frames for gifts this year.

[mikedude]

We bought the print the matting was with it as a package. I've not worked with it before but it looks easier than cutting and shaping wood!

[thrytis]

Looks great!

Matting is surprisingly easy, even with double or triple mats. Not quite as easy as buying the print prematted though

[John Hunter]

Very nice.

[warrenp]

Nice work...rich looking.

[mater]

Very nice looking frame.

[crokett]

I really like that profile so one more question - what router bits did you use on that profile? Looks like maybe a cove box bit and then a roundover or beading bit around the inside of the frame? It is a little hard to tell from the picture.

[Pappy]

Nice work. I like the profile you made.

[Ken Massingale]

That is sweet, Mike. Looks big, what are the dimensions?
ken

[lrogers]

Beautiful frame.

[charger1966]

Very nice mike, I like the choice of Cherry. It's very rich looking. I also made frames all day yesterday for my son's room. He wants an Adirondack theme room so I made the frames with the router and four different bits to create a one off frame four times(LOL).
Keep Making that sawdust
Lance

[mikedude]

Thanks for the compliments. To answer a couple of questions the frame final size is 28 x 20 inches. So not super huge but decent sized. Michael's Crafts a chain in this area wanted $150 for just the frame and glass. I don't need to tell you guys that was for particle board with some cheap paint on it to look like wood or stone. I bought the Brazilian Cherry board 7ft tall, 8 inch wide, 1 inch and 1/4 thick for $16 at Woodcraft and got custom glass size cut for under $4. I think it looks way better than what the Framing store was trying to sell my wife.

See the photo for the router bits I used. Cove bit on the outside edge, Rabit bit and ultimately a straight bit for the rabit on the backside that the glass, print, and matting went into. (Rabit bit wasn't deep enough so I had to free hand a bit deeper and wider with a straight bit. I know, free hand, yikes!) The inside molding is a bit I got at Woodcraft called a "Specialty Molding Bit". I suspect there are many bits with that same name but you can see in the photo below what the profile looks like. Let me know any more questions.

Mike St Augustine, FL

[ChrisD]

Nice work, Mike! I always love to hear little stories of creating stuff that ends up being and looking much better and costing much less than something from a store.

[crokett]

(Rabit bit wasn't deep enough so I had to free hand a bit deeper and wider with a straight bit. I know, free hand, yikes!)

Thanks for the picture of the bits. That woodcraft bit is an interesting profile. Did you use a table/fence for the rabbett bit? If so wondering why you didn't use the same setup for the straight bit. You can either use a split fence or attach a sacrificial fence to bury the straight bit in. Either way it would be safer and easier than freehand.