I have never contributed a build project before, so I am posting one that I did for a Christmas present….last year…..talk about procrastination .
Several years ago I made a couple of picture frames to replace some simple ones I had made 35 years ago using chair rail moldings for some of my wife’s pictures. The wife doesn’t like fancy picture frames so this simplified the project.
I made four picture frames several years ago out of Oak/Redheart and she wanted the new ones to match the existing ones.
I had no reason to document the construction at the time, but I figured since I had some extra time I would snap pictures along the way. She needed 6 more picture frames. This is a fairly simple project for the beginning WW.
The original choice for wood was to match the earlier matt colors, which is why I used red oak for the frame and a Redheart for the inlay at the time.
The first step is to figure out the maximum thickness I could get from the scrap Redheart. I had a left over piece from the original frame project. This will set the width of the inlay and define the width of the dado.
Left over cutoff of Redheart from previous project:
I milled up the redheart to the finish thickness and jointed two edges. Because of the process I use, it is not necessary to make the edges parallel, so one end is slightly wider than the other. You can see some of the scraps from the earlier frames in the workbench trough. The redheart was almost to pretty to use but that's what it was bought for.
Milled piece of Redheart:
The inlay creation cycles through 4 stations:
The first station is the router table with a Pointed Cutting Roundover Router Bit that cuts a groove down the center of each edge. I am cutting grooving both sides and I am making two pieces per cycle.
First Pass:
Second Pass:
The second station is setup for the larger round over of the four edges with a hand held router with some stop blocks. Route one edge, flip board, do second edge, flip board, do third edge, flip the board and do last edge.
Simple jig to support board:
Rounding over second edge:
Finished four edges:
The third station is at the bandsaw. The blade is set to cut the final thickness of the inlay. Cut off one edge and turn the board and cut off the second edge and you end up with two pieces per cycle.
Cutting off first strip:
Both pieces cut off:
The fourth station is at the jointer to remove the bandsaw blade marks and create two new clean edges.
Two quick passes, one on each side.
Then it is simply a matter of repeating the process until the board is consumed (that gives you extra pieces, just in case.)
>>>to be continued.....
Several years ago I made a couple of picture frames to replace some simple ones I had made 35 years ago using chair rail moldings for some of my wife’s pictures. The wife doesn’t like fancy picture frames so this simplified the project.
I made four picture frames several years ago out of Oak/Redheart and she wanted the new ones to match the existing ones.
I had no reason to document the construction at the time, but I figured since I had some extra time I would snap pictures along the way. She needed 6 more picture frames. This is a fairly simple project for the beginning WW.
The original choice for wood was to match the earlier matt colors, which is why I used red oak for the frame and a Redheart for the inlay at the time.
The first step is to figure out the maximum thickness I could get from the scrap Redheart. I had a left over piece from the original frame project. This will set the width of the inlay and define the width of the dado.
Left over cutoff of Redheart from previous project:
I milled up the redheart to the finish thickness and jointed two edges. Because of the process I use, it is not necessary to make the edges parallel, so one end is slightly wider than the other. You can see some of the scraps from the earlier frames in the workbench trough. The redheart was almost to pretty to use but that's what it was bought for.
Milled piece of Redheart:
The inlay creation cycles through 4 stations:
The first station is the router table with a Pointed Cutting Roundover Router Bit that cuts a groove down the center of each edge. I am cutting grooving both sides and I am making two pieces per cycle.
First Pass:
Second Pass:
The second station is setup for the larger round over of the four edges with a hand held router with some stop blocks. Route one edge, flip board, do second edge, flip board, do third edge, flip the board and do last edge.
Simple jig to support board:
Rounding over second edge:
Finished four edges:
The third station is at the bandsaw. The blade is set to cut the final thickness of the inlay. Cut off one edge and turn the board and cut off the second edge and you end up with two pieces per cycle.
Cutting off first strip:
Both pieces cut off:
The fourth station is at the jointer to remove the bandsaw blade marks and create two new clean edges.
Two quick passes, one on each side.
Then it is simply a matter of repeating the process until the board is consumed (that gives you extra pieces, just in case.)
>>>to be continued.....