Angle Brackets??

[Artistic Framer]

I recently had a client bring in a maple shadow box style moulding to see if I could make something similar. She was focused on the joinery in particular. I should have taken a picture, but here we go with the description...

maple moulding with a 3/4" face, 1 1/2" tall. Imagine a v-nail on steroids with each side of the "L - bracket" 1 1/2" long by 1" tall out of 3/32" steel. The "slots" for each side of the miter (again, imagine the "slot" on each side of a miter that a v-nail makes) were cut on a table saw with a thin kerf blade. The L-bracket was presumably fit much like a thumbnail...glue applied to the miter, and L bracket slipped in from the back. Then maybe vised?

WHEW! Well, has/does anyone do this and, if so, where do you get the L brackets? It looks pretty secure and simple. I may give it a try if I can find the hardware. I've found tons of L brackets that fit the bill, but I wonder if there's a "tooth" on the bracket that really grips the wood in the cut.

If anyone can shed light on this technique, I'd appreciate it.

 

[PaulSF]

Is the bracket even visible without turning the frame upside-down? If it's just a hidden means of fastening, couldn't you just use v-nails or brads or whatever means you easily have at your disposal?

 

[blackiris]

Ummmmm I THINK......a picture would help ....DEFINATELY!

 

[Artistic Framer]

Is the bracket even visible without turning the frame upside-down? If it's just a hidden means of fastening, couldn't you just use v-nails or brads or whatever means you easily have at your disposal?

Yes, it's only visible from the back. We do use v-nail and brads now, but this system looks really nice and heavy duty for oversize projects calling for small shadowbox-style mouldings and strainers.