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Need suggestions for securing the back of a custom mirror frame

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
I am making a couple of custom mirrors…in the shapes of lips. The first one I am making is for my office and is a smaller version of one I am making to donate for a fundraiser. The smaller one is like a prototype where I hopefully learn from my mistakes… it is about to be completed except I don't know a good way to secure the cutout that holds the mirror in the frame. I'd like the back to remain flat. For that matter, any suggestions for hanging this would be appreciated. As you can see, there isn't that standard width of wood to work with. If anyone has suggestions for me, please add pics or drawings or links to pics or drawings…and if not, then tell me in words.
It is made of plywood, a sandwich with 1/2" ply front and back and 3/16" ply in the middle (which is the same thickness as the mirror and which has a cutout 1/4" larger than the opening and matches the outline of the mirror…this method served to avoid routing a groove for the mirror.) So the cutout is 1/2" thick… the entire frame is 1 3/16" thick.

Thanks, in advance…
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I made a jig, even though I didn't finish it to make these clips for a frame I made as a gift…

http://lumberjocks.com/topics/54643

If I remember correctly I used 1/2" wide .060" thick brass to make the clips and hooks. On the few times they will need to be removed, just back off the screws…

I just couldn't get myself to use anything that I didn't make myself…

Something like these should work for you also…

Give it a try, I think you'll like them.
 
#6 ·
For some reason, but not because I'm getting old, I blanked and couldn't come up with the keyword "turnbutton". Insetting either a turnbutton or a clip will do the trick nicely, as would a new, solid back. Thank y'all for the suggestions… I love Lumberjocks.com!
 
#8 ·
Bondo, I had that mental image in mind from a magazine tip I saw a while back…but of course I can't find it when I need it. Must be for a fender washer to be used cuz I thought the tip said to drill a smaller off-center hole for a smaller screw…and in the end it works like a turnbutton or clip, screwed in on the frame and overlapping to hold the cutout. Matching the Forstner bit to the washer makes it neat and clean.
Tnx
 
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