+- Woodnet Forums (https://www.forums.woodnet.net)
+-- Thread: Miter Box for Framing... but all 90-degree cuts (/showthread.php?tid=7334459)
Miter Box for Framing... but all 90-degree cuts - C. in Indy - 11-02-2017
I'm working to frame up LOML's souvenir poster, purchased during October break out Arizona-way.
I saw some smaller frames on Etsy, etc., of an Arts&Craft style. Sort of like them, I decided to use up a 34-inch cherry plank that's been gathering dust. The old Miter Box is working out well for some lap-joints:
[attachment=5453]
Happy Woodworking!
RE: Miter Box for Framing... but all 90-degree cuts - hbmcc - 11-03-2017
What! You aren't going to put it behind glass!?
I have always been ambivalent about framing those types of landscapes. I grew up in Colorado and the parts cut away from a landscape never seemed to do the whole justice. The Grand Canyon was a vertical brain flip.
RE: Miter Box for Framing... but all 90-degree cuts - C. in Indy - 12-11-2017
(11-03-2017, 11:58 AM)hbmcc Wrote: What! You aren't going to put it behind glass!?
I have always been ambivalent about framing those types of landscapes. I grew up in Colorado and the parts cut away from a landscape never seemed to do the whole justice. The Grand Canyon was a vertical brain flip.
Just catching up here....
From 2008, this was before I even had a good handplane, so you can see milling marks on the wood pieces. But the resawn walnut-branch accents near the top were from found-wood in my neighborhood, and they're still hanging in the house:
[attachment=6275]
From 2017, this simple cherry frame is done, and really slicked from the handplane. Now hanging in my wife's office, to remind her of prettier places:
[attachment=6276]
Happy woodworking,
Chris
RE: Miter Box for Framing... but all 90-degree cuts - hbmcc - 12-11-2017
I like that first framing job. Is that Jack-a-Juniper? I definitely can see how your imagination is inspired.
RE: Miter Box for Framing... but all 90-degree cuts - Rick Barton - 12-11-2017
Nicely done.
RE: Miter Box for Framing... but all 90-degree cuts - Cian - 12-22-2017
(11-03-2017, 11:58 AM)hbmcc Wrote: I grew up in Colorado and the parts cut away from a landscape never seemed to do the whole justice. The Grand Canyon was a vertical brain flip.
That's a good description. The Grand Canyon was a mind blowing experience for me and I was only around 13 or so when I first saw it. I was a punk kid that wasn't impressed much by anything... until I saw the Grand Canyon. O... M... G...