PICTURE FRAME IN MY FURNITURE seaside lower cabinet

How did this picture frame get used in the seaside cabinet?

Ive shared the graphics used for the seaside cabinet here

Ive shared the demolition and rebuild of the upper hutch here

Now its time to show you the story behind the lower cabinet.

The legs seen in this photo are not original, just a set I was trying out and didnt use.

It started as a TV cabinet,

the kind that we have all had in our homes before for our big fat CRT TVs.

Big shout out to the inventor of the flat screen ...

I can be an independent woman now cause I can move my own TV.

With a little trimming in all the right places it became the perfect platform

for this project and I have extra bits for something else.

This is the photo my daughter originally sent to me asking if I could use it.

My only question was "Is it solid wood?"

She knows my motis operandi but even I get tricked by that sneaky MDF.

It was solid plywood which is not bad to work with.

Next came the legs, these came from an octagonal side table

that had 8 posts between the base and the top.

The table was ugly but the posts were fabulous and just what I needed.

This is another great example of where to find furniture legs.

I took this turquoise frame to the compound mitre saw and cut the

corners on a 45 then joined 2 together to create this fun detail for the front of the leg.

I used glass knobs with vintage hardware plates

and the star on the middle of the apron is also a hardware plate from a kitchen cabinet.

Mother swears she has more of these which I would love to get my mitts on.

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Rabu, 18 Mei 2016

Custom picture frames

These picture frames are for two long time friends of mine. We have all been involved in Tae Kwon Do since January of 2000. Two of us have earned second degree black belt. The other earned first degree. They each have sons that earned first degree. For each degree earned one gets a nice certificate from Korea, but these come in a cheap frame. So, I am making 5 frames for each friend.
Each frame is really an outer frame of cherry and an inner frame of sycamore. The cherry comes from my yard. The sycamore comes from the yard of one of these friends. I cut these trees down myself and have performed all of the milling steps except cutting the tree into rough lumber.
The outer frame has a "shouldered bullnose" and the inner frame has a bevel. The bevel makes it look like a "matte." The frames look pretty because of the design and the contrasting wood colors.
To date all the pieces have been rough cut, milled to size, shaped, rabbeted, mitered to length, and assembled. That was TWENTY frames. Once a particular cut was set up, it wasnt a big deal to do that cut repeatedly, so more frames didnt mean a lot of extra time.
I built a mitering sled for the table saw. This is now an indispensible jig for my workshop. It has runners that fit in the channels of the table saw and a pre-set triangle which creates perfect 45 degree cuts while the tablesaw is set to cut at 90 degrees. One side has a sliding stop block set into a T-track. Using this device I cut all of the "left miters" on one side, one at a time. Then I set the stop block . To set the stop block I cut a piece a little long, test the length, then trim it a little at a time until perfect, moving the block for each test cut. Once it is perfect, the block is set. Finally, I cut all the right miters one at a time.
Pitcures soon.

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Senin, 25 Januari 2016

Picture frame progress

The inner frames have all been fitted into the outer. The outer frames have been splined. I am currently drilling shallow holes (using a Forstner bit) into the backs of the frames. These holes will allow me to recess pennies into them (I am also drilling holes in 100 pennies...10 pennies per frame). The pennies will be screwed to the cherry outer frame and pressure will hold the sycamore inner frame in place. I have mocked up one frame and this method works great. It will allow the frames to expand and contract without breaking apart.
So, now I need to drill 9 more frames and 90 more pennies. Then do the sanding, staining and finishing. All in just a couple of days. Boy, I HAVE to start in the summer next year. This will come down to the wire, which I didnt want to happen.

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