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Here is a Frame I made for my wife’s, Grandmothers dress. She lived for 100 years. (1898 to 1998) This dress was made by Her great-great grandmother in 1898. It is all hand sewn and “tatted”. (tatting is the way they used to make lace.
Frame is Mahogany. Back board is 1/2 inch ply covered in 1/4 inch foam, ( so you can stick a pin through it to hold the dress) then covered in black velvet (from an old dress I got at GoodWill, cheaper then buying the material)
Inset the glass along the front edge by cutting a grove with the table saw. Cut a rabbit in the back edge for the plywood.
We wanted this to be pretty air tight so it won’t get dust inside. So I shoved a thin slice of foam into the grove for the glass prior to assembly. This also allows for wood movement and keeps the glass from rattling.
Finnish is thinned spar varathane gloss.
Please post all comments and suggestions. I am always looking to improve my skills.
Thanks for looking.
Scrappy
-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!
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sedcokid
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#1 posted 684 days ago
Scrappy,
We tend to be a throw away society, not everyone would like an old dress hanging on the wall. I applaud you for making a frame for this beautiful old dress. Your craftsmen ship is beautiful!
Thanks for sharing
-- Chuck Emery, Michigan,
Karson
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#2 posted 684 days ago
Scrappy:
Way to make a memorial piece for a memorial dress.
Great job.
-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
Hacksaw007
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#3 posted 684 days ago
Major use of all that you can get ahold of, that’s our Scrappy! Nice work on the joints!
-Mike
-- For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
johnnymo
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#4 posted 684 days ago
Hey Scrappy,
Very nicely done. It looks great!
-- John in Arizona (but it's a dry heat!)
Jim Jakosh
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#5 posted 684 days ago
Very cool ,Dan. It is nice to save the past that way. Good job,buddy!.........Jim
-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!
MsDebbieP
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#6 posted 684 days ago
what a story!!! Oh my goodness, that is a treasure and now, even more so!! Perfect frame.
(and, apparently, the dress will need some air movement or it will turn yellow. I assume that the frame isn’t “perfectly air tight”)
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
Loucarb
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#7 posted 684 days ago
Fantastic story & tribute Scrappy. Well done.
scrappy
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#8 posted 684 days ago
Thanks for all the great comments everyone.
Hacksaw007: I made this frame 8 sided just so I could use my jig for cutting the segments for an 8 piece segmented turning on. I have it set for near perfect 22 1/2 deg cuts. My 45 cuts are never this tight. haha
MsDebbieP: I will have to check into that. Thanks for the info.
Thanks again for the comments everyone.
Scrappy
-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!
FloridaArt
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#9 posted 684 days ago
It looks great. I cannot think of any suggestions to make it better. Nice work!
-- Art | Bradenton, Florida
eddy
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#10 posted 684 days ago
looks cool the miters look tight well done
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#11 posted 683 days ago
Good job Dan! My wife and I both like the case and the story!
-- Randy Morter, Phoenix, AZ
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#12 posted 683 days ago
Outstanding, Scraps! I love it.
-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog
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#13 posted 683 days ago
Nice old dress nice new frame well designed etc and manufactured too I loke this it matches really nicely. Alistair
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peteg
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#14 posted 683 days ago
A fitting case for a piece of family history, great job Scrappy :)
-- Pete G: If you always do what you always did you'll always get what you always got
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#15 posted 682 days ago
very nice bud
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