Mortise and Tenon Black Walnut Picture Frame
I had been wanting to learn how to do Mortise and tenon joinery for a while now, but for one reason or another just hadn’t found the time. When my wife said she wanted a custom picture frame for a Disney puzzle she was building that she wanted to put in our daughters room I jumped at the chance. I came up with a simple but unique idea for a black walnut picture frame that was built using mortise and tenon joints instead of more traditional miter joints. I used 4/4 black walnut for the frame. The frame is custom fit to the size of the puzzle with has an inside dimension of approx 21×27 inches. Before I started the joinery I had to fix a flaw in the form of a hollow knot in one o...














