chopping frame with beads

[ice]

I chopped up some sticks that have beads on the inner part of the frame. the length of the chops made the decorative beads get cut (ie the cut was through the beads and not in between them). When I joined the frame, the beads in the corners don't look whole or don't line up. How do you go about chopping this kind of moulding so I don't make the same mistake next time. I can never tell where the last cut of the chopper will end up.

[JbNormandog]

Whenever possible i try to split the bead and cross my fingers.
If you go over the cut with a matching color marker it minimizes the edge color difference. (You should do this anyway to all mouldings)

There is no way that is time and material savings that I know of that will give you matching beaded corners every time unless you go for a finished corner.

Hope this helped. Now another grumbler will hopefully come along and prove me wrong with a helpful hint and I will learn something today.

If you want to know where the chopper will end up follow the v where the blade meets the base. The blades stop where the table starts. (It makes sense in person but doesn't translate well online,sorry)

OK Baer come in with the big guns!

[wpfay]

It only works if you adjust your frame size to match the bead frequency interval, and then you are reliant that the interval will be consistant from stick to stick which varies between manufacturers.

Swing a chicken over your head.

The idea of splitting a bead seems easier than cutting between them.

What you are trying to do is admirable but might well lead you to stronger drugs.

[briank]

Even my finished corner frame suppliers can't get this one right and that's what they do for a living. Join the real world and embrace your messed up looking corners.

[ice]

thanks - i sat there trying to figure it out and finally gave up. I guess life is not perfect...or at least mine isnt :(

[FramingFool]

Splitting the beads is what we do, too .... and you can always adjust the frame size slightly to make it work ....

[Framing Goddess]

If the beads are big enough (like the size of a green pea,) you can make it work. Usually I cut in between them and will 'shave off' a skinny cliff if the size is not adjustable.

If the beads are small, it ain't worth fussin' over.

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