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MGF, Master Grumble Framer
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Hey guys,
Here is an interesting piece that I did and was quite proud of. The customer had mounted and precut the pieces. It was neat because the big side was exactly equal to the sum of the two small sides, the top and the bottom had to be even but he did not want any mats. Its life will be that he will carry it around in his car each week so durability was important. The frames are actually made of 1.5" moulding on top and bottom of all frames, 1.5" on sides of the smaller pieces and 3" on the sides of the larger piece. They were painted after assembly. Would love to hear some feedback or other suggestions I might have used...
www.excellentframes.com\photos\vaugn.pdf
 
Try just cutting and pasting the text into a browser. From here it seems to work fine. Are others experiencing problems? The other thing might be to just visit www.excellentframes.com and take a look at the photos page. There is a link from there to the pdf file. Here's a jpg without the full explanation. Maybe that will work. (us newbies are sometimes less than adequate in our posts)

Shaun :D

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Shaun
 
That job is really cool - sounds like a challenge that you met superbly! Nice going!

Tell us more about managing the joining and trimming (?) of the center panel.
 
The joing and trimming of the corners was a large portion of the choice for a "painted" frame. You really can't tell from the photos (or the product) but the frame and moulding were "custom" made. I basically took 1x2s from Home Depot, and added a rabbet for the 1.5" moulding. The 3" moulding on the was ripped from a 1x4 (approx .5" taken off) and a rabbet added. The corners were mitered and then the ends individually trimmed prior to gluing and nailing in the miter vise to give a standard look to the frame. The nail holes were filled and the assemebled frame was then given a light sanding prior to paint. The job was fairly labor intensive, but not too hard if you have a decent work shop.

I think this answer the question? Thanks for asking.

Shaun :D
 
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