Reply by Sawkerf

How ornate do you want the rail to be? They aren’t commonly used around here, but those that I’ve seen were pretty simple. Pieces of flat stock – sometimes with an edge detail. People I’ve talked to say that the picture rail should be unobrusive so it doesn’t clash with an ornate picture frame.

You can make some pretty neat profiles with just a table saw and a router.

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