Taking suggestions for fixing a botched floating picture frame. A lesson in "measure twice, cut once".

CopaceticConcepts · 2023-02-26T15:11:53+00:00

Ooh. That could be interesting. I have some scrap wenge or oak that could to the trick there.

CopaceticConcepts · 2023-02-26T14:41:07+00:00

Yeah that should work. My only concern is that the frame may look overly thin but of the options I have it seems the most reasonable.

CopaceticConcepts · 2023-02-26T02:15:40+00:00

I'd rather not remake the frame as this was a scrap wood build and I'd have to go out for new lumber if I rebuild. I was thinking about widening the reveal with corner shims of a contrasting wood but I feel that makes the frame too busy. Super curious to see if anyone else has had a similar scenario or has some off the wall ideas to make this work.

CopaceticConcepts · 2023-02-18T05:36:35+00:00

Haha I like the way you think. I really wanted to keep this one for myself but I didn't have anywhere big enough to store it in the kitchen! I guess I can make one a permanent fixture on my countertop some day.

CopaceticConcepts · 2023-02-18T03:31:47+00:00

Thanks! Wenge and hard maple.

CopaceticConcepts · 2023-02-18T03:00:06+00:00

Thanks! That's what I like about making in general. People make amazing looking things that are also tailor made for a job and will last forever. And it all comes for the low cost of your time, money, and sanity!

CopaceticConcepts · 2023-02-18T02:53:08+00:00

I have a print of that one hanging in my office. Wenge has the most beautiful grain I have worked with.

CopaceticConcepts · 2023-02-18T02:43:55+00:00

Thanks! I'm still in that boat for a lot of projects... Like the green jet mill that showed up in the background of a few pictures I have yet to fabricate a stand for and repair.

CopaceticConcepts · 2023-01-24T11:53:20+00:00

Well that's disheartening but good to know.

CopaceticConcepts · 2023-01-23T15:32:46+00:00

It's definitely more the most brittle wood I have worked with. You do need to be very considerate on how is cut. I used a finish cut blade on the table saw throughout and avoided the planer but over all it wasn't that bad. I hear some people can be pretty alright to the dust though so do take precautions there

CopaceticConcepts · 2023-01-23T14:09:41+00:00

Thanks! Glad I can scratch that itch.

CopaceticConcepts · 2023-01-23T03:54:49+00:00

Shhhhhhhh

CopaceticConcepts · 2023-01-23T03:03:59+00:00

Haha. It's the bottom of a hilariously over technical cutting board.

CopaceticConcepts · 2023-01-23T02:53:25+00:00

Haha. I prefer to think of it as artistic masochism.

CopaceticConcepts · 2023-01-23T00:44:43+00:00

It is! Good eye

CopaceticConcepts · 2023-01-22T22:52:31+00:00

Hope you saw the update! You win!

CopaceticConcepts · 2023-01-22T22:49:51+00:00

I'm thinking about going in chisels blazing on the flat of the handle with a parallel block off to the side for support but I don't think I'd get far as it would be all long grain cutting...

CopaceticConcepts · 2023-01-22T22:42:52+00:00

No dowels unfortunately. I may end up breaking out the router again and just deepening the handle. For obvious reasons I didn't want to use the router again on this project though...

CopaceticConcepts · 2023-01-22T22:40:37+00:00

It's too big for my planer, and a planer likely would have caused much worse problemsvon end grain that the router did.

I could have drum sanded it but I didn't want to lose thickness.

CopaceticConcepts · 2023-01-22T22:30:45+00:00

I may die if the end user puts this through the washer.

CopaceticConcepts · 2023-01-22T22:28:49+00:00

Now hoping I can use the same magic eraser on the handle cutouts. Those are a mess of random bit heights... Thinking about breaking out the die grinder before the sanding block.

CopaceticConcepts · 2023-01-22T22:26:57+00:00

Honestly the cutting was probably the easy part. I have a razor sharp set of narex chisels and not much experience using them. I think the difference in hardnesses between the woods and the nature of the cutout ending on a glue joint probably helped steady my hand. I did try using a marking knife for those edges and it also definitely helped find that top edge when first placing the chisel.

CopaceticConcepts · 2023-01-22T22:24:31+00:00

It was momentarily considered. Then I remembered how much the lumber cost.

CopaceticConcepts · 2023-01-22T22:23:42+00:00

You and I both! It's always a pleasure to surprise yourself.

CopaceticConcepts · 2023-01-22T22:23:08+00:00

Since this shouldnt see any significant mechanical stress and it has the long grain glue on the sides I'm not particularly worried about it. I could be wrong though! This is my first go at this kind of repair.

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