Mirror Frame 2
As I mentioned in the prior post, I was planning on using Walnut for the rails and stiles and Mahogany for the corner blocks. Well, that all changed once I milled up the Mahogany! It was an absolutely boring piece of wood. No unique grain pattern! No depth of color! No Nothing! It was quite disappointing.
So I scrounged up some scrap Sapele in the shop, milled it up, and was quite pleased with the color and grain. So, the frame will be built from Walnut and Sapele.
The first step was to mill up the rails and stiles to 4″ wide, then cut the stiles to 48″ long and the rails to 32″ in length.
The corner blocks and the rails and stiles were then all mortised to receive a loose tenon.
Once the mortises were routed out using the plunge router, and the loose tenons were milled from a piece of scrap material, all edges were slightly beveled, and the pieces were dry fit.
After dry fitting the frame together, the back of the rails and stiles were dadoed out to accept the mirror.
Here is the frame in its dry fitted state.
October 21st, 2008 at 7:19 am
Keen to see the finished product… i like your design. Were the joints strong enough for such a large mirror… i imagine the whole thing ended up being quite heavy?
September 28th, 2010 at 2:09 pm
What a great looking frame. Love the concept. How did you do the mortis joints? I am new to this kind of work and was just curious.
September 29th, 2010 at 10:11 am
I used a homemade mortising jig. Here is the link to the article on how to build the jig:
http://www.finewoodworking.com/SkillsAndTechniques/SkillsAndTechniquesPDF.aspx?id=30243
It looks like you will need a membership to Fine Woodworking to view the article, but you can just sign up for a 14-day free trial and view the article then.
Thanks,
Jared