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Frame for a picture of my wife's favorite thing in the world.

Project by spaids posted 373 days ago 462 views 1 time favorited 6 comments Add to Favorites Watch

I had an oil panting made of my wife’s cat for her birthday and eventually (several months late) I finished the frame. This is Walnut with one coat of tongue oil. It took so long because I had to make a miter sled and a corner spline sled. The splines are Walnut from the same board. Its not a clean as I would like but its my first one and I was getting tired of trying and trying the miters and wanted to get it done.

-- Wipe the blood stains from your blade before coming in.


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lew

4486 posts in 650 days


posted 373 days ago

I see, now, why you were asking about the miters. Looks like they came out pretty good to me!!

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jockmike2

7314 posts in 1141 days


posted 372 days ago

A guy told me once that miters for picture frames are one of the hardest things to make right. You did a very good job.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

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CharlieM1958

7638 posts in 1113 days


posted 372 days ago

My condolences on this being your wife’s favorite thing, but you did an excellent job with the frame. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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savannah505

978 posts in 481 days


posted 372 days ago

Very nice, and jockmike2 is right about the difficulty of the miters, so you did fine. By the way, was that cat tongue oil you used? I hate it when your twisting the tongue and get so few drops, for so much effort, and then don’t get me started about their claws and how mad they get…...........

-- Dan Wiggins

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spaids

460 posts in 588 days


posted 372 days ago

Thanks guys. I guess more time spent on my miter sled could have made this easier. There is a very small gap in one of the joints but like I said it was already months late and needed to get done.

Dan,
This particular cat doesn’t fight you for its tongue oil, its actually hard to get her to STOP licking you.

I have come to terms with being #2 in the house behind the cat. How am I supposed to compete for my wife’s attention with fluffy hair ball that sits in her lap and purrs? I just try to get in good with the cat and get her to put in a good word for me.

-- Wipe the blood stains from your blade before coming in.

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Don Newton

532 posts in 513 days


posted 372 days ago

I’ll bet that frame would have looked even better if your wife was holding the picture! Nice job and yes, miters are discouraging.

-- Don, Pittsburgh

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