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I made this frame for a good friend of mine who let me borrow a tool and I forgot for a while to give it back. I really just like to have an excuse to make things and this was a good one.
The frame is maple with the bubinga accents. I was inspired by this frame that Andy made.
The finish is four coats of a gel satin poly that I wiped on and lightly buffed in between coats with 000 steel wool. It came out to a very smooth finish.
The picture is a print from a local artist with many buildings in my town. There was a newspaper article about him so I put plexiglass on the back of the frame so the article would be visible. I also did this in another one of my frames for the same picture.
This was also one of my first projects planned partly on SketchUp which I talked about in this thread.
As always, comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated.
-- Kyle, Michigan
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grovemadman
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posted 191 days ago
Nice frame! I tried sketch up myself, It looks like a pretty nice tool once you get used to it.
-- --Chuck
Scott Bryan
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posted 191 days ago
Kyle,
This is a very nice frame. The bubinga contrasts well with the maple. I have a stack of prints waiting to be framed. This post will come in handy for the frames.
Thanks for the post.
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Jiri Parkman
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posted 191 days ago
One word only. Beautiful frame.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 191 days ago
I like it!! I like it. The little side “thingies” are sweet
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herbr
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posted 191 days ago
Really nice looking frame-Its nice to see different joining other than 45 degree mitering!
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rikkor
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posted 191 days ago
Great frame. Neat idea on having the article behind the frame.
-- Maplewood, MN