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Thread: Quick& Dirty frames
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1st October 2006, 10:48 AM #1
Quick& Dirty frames
Actually found the time to work with some timber recently (as opposed to making particleboard boxes ie kitchens) It was the father in law's 80th birthday recently and SWMBO "requested" some frames for some photos she took.
Timber: recycled Tulip Oak
Finish: pre-cat NC lacquer
Joinery: biscuits and AV270 glue with a couple of pneumatically driven "wriggle nails" driven in the back of each joint to clamp them. That's the Q & D part . But I figure that as they'll hang against a wall it will never be seen. Photos are of sunrise on Burleigh beach. Tulip oak is a moderately hard and dense rainforest timber which was extensively used in the area for flooring and panelling. These came from a bundle (about 1/3 of a m3) of shiplap panelling which I scored for a carton of beer ."If you need a machine today and don't buy it,
tomorrow you will have paid for it and not have it."
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1st October 2006, 01:21 PM #2
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1st October 2006, 02:37 PM #3
Looks good Mick, are the 3 frames all one piece or separately hanged?
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1st October 2006, 06:05 PM #4
Nice work Mick they look very good, Photos in the frames look awsome, Thats going to be a very nice gift, The FIL should be happy. Well done to you and SWMBO.
Regards
Al .
You don't know, what you don't know, until you know it.
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1st October 2006, 10:39 PM #5
Alex,
it's a pretty stable timber and I haven't really had problems with opening mitres at this size (about 70mm stock).
Harry,
three seperate frames, I just stacked them on top of each other to take a photo. I guess I should have hung them on a wall for the photo but we don't have any clear wall space.
Al,
thanks, bit hard to go wrong really, nice timber, Makita drop saw, biscuit joiner, Bostitch wriggle nailer, sand and polish, no skill required .
Mick"If you need a machine today and don't buy it,
tomorrow you will have paid for it and not have it."
- Henry Ford 1938
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2nd October 2006, 05:40 PM #6
Nice job on those frames. Should look good when hung carefully.
Another option would have been to keep the three photos together in a single frame, as in a triptych.Those are my principles, and if you don't like them . . . well, I have others.
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2nd October 2006, 08:03 PM #7
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2nd October 2006, 08:25 PM #8
Real nice frames Mick, I dont know if its the photos or the grain of the tulip wood but they have a 3D appearance.. as if the frames are funnel shaped ( for want of a better description).
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2nd October 2006, 09:42 PM #9
Mick nice job, I'm like Bleedin Thumb I reckon it looks as though you've bevelled the frames either in or out - can't work out which. If not nice job to get that effect.
Cheers.
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2nd October 2006, 10:27 PM #10
Brett & Bleedin thumb,
the frames are definitely flat (or they were when they left the shed ) It's a nice timber, a bit under rated, I've never seen it used for anythng other than floors and the occasional bit of panelling.
Major,
I have worked with solid timber before, why I remember.........umm, at least I thought I had . I love working with timber, that's why I became a carpenter, but I've got to say, it's a hell of a lot easier to make money cutting up particleboard.:eek:
Zenwood, thought briefly about a combined triptych frame but rejected the idea because:
1. Not sure if the FIL has sufficient wall space for a frame of that size, but I'm sure he can find room for three seperate ones.
2. More work, I'm lazy and was definitely after a quick job.
Mick"If you need a machine today and don't buy it,
tomorrow you will have paid for it and not have it."
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3rd October 2006, 09:54 AM #11Senior Member
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Mike nice work, it must be the angle that the picture was taken to give the illusion of the bevelled frame.
That has to be the the best deal I have heard of. Third ofa m3 for a slab, and a beautiful timber to boot.
Cheers Peter
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3rd October 2006, 11:33 AM #12
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