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We had actually a puzzle made from a photograph my mama took of all 5 of her grandchildren. She has actually now completed the puzzle and I framed it for her for Mother's Day. I mounted the puzzle on foam core by flipping the puzzle over, using spray adhesive to the back of the puzzle, and positioning a clean sheet of foam core onto the glued surface area. I then cut the foam core to focus the puzzle in the foam core frame. Next, I made a wooden frame out of red alder that I lowered a couple of years back. I likewise made a photo framing sled to cut the miters on the wood picture frame. I mounted the foam core, puzzle, and glass in the wood frame and we hung the puzzle in my moms and dads' dining-room. Delighted Mom's Day!
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0:00 (introduction).
2:48 (Makers Mob!).
4:27 (cutting glass).
7:10 (making wood frame).
8:16 (making picture framing sled).
12:03 (making wood frame).
15:48 (putting everything together).
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We use mod podge to glue puzzles. It takes abit longer than spray mount but it seals the cardboard on all sides keeping the pieces dry and rigid.
Thanks for the tip.
For those who saw this video earlier today, I had to re-upload it to make a correction. It’s virtually the same video.
what was the problem?
what changed?
Haha I know the feeling, but your comment just intrigues everyone, what did you change.
I believe when I watched it earlier, the shot with the router bits was cut in at the wrong point in the video, but I might be misremembering.
Little Trick for the finish nails (or any nail):
If you don’t have the right size Drill bit, chop the head of one nail, put it in a drill and use it as your drill bit. Makes a perfect size hole for the nails as a pilot hole.
The problem with putting the piece touching the glass is moisture tends to get between them and cause the printed part to stick to the glass and can damage the piece. You possibly could have created a spacer that would run along the sides of the inside of the glass to do a sort of a shadow box like gap between. This is a very pretty project! 😀
The confusing part for me is that you ‘un-did’ it being a puzzle.
Wouldn’t it have been better to simply sandwich it between a stiff and a clear sheet?
(Like a sheet of aluminum or 3mm ply and a sheet of polycarb or acrylic)
Wait, did you cut down a tree so you could use it to break some glass? 😜😃
Ok, I know that’s not quite how it happened but you seriously over thought the glass cutting part. After scoring it, you could just slide it over to the edge of your table and push down gently and it would’ve snapped right off. That’s basically what the weight of the boards and clamps did.
I love your projects and videos!
You’re a national treasure, Frank. Thanks for the videos.
For anyone hanging with wire. The stuff you want is called aircraft cable and as a bonus, there are cinching connectors which allow you some height adjustment so you too can easily get a frame to the correct height 😉
Was once helping a friend hang a big frame and went to tie a knot in the cable. “You don’t tie knots in the cable” he told me. Not even 10 minutes later the frame had fallen off the wall XD
Came out really nice Frank. A tip I’ve seen before for the picture frame sled, is to use an aluminum framing square. That way you don’t have to worry about making it 90 degrees.
Beautiful job – the purple splines are a wonderful stylistic touch! You did good for your Mom!👏🏻👏🏻
Great video. Love cmt. And taytools! Great job Frank.
I never thought about using a flush trim bit. Much better than the way I do it with a saw and sand paper.
Well done, Frank and what a lovely way to honor your mom.
17:52 That was the best part!! beautiful! thanks for sharing!
Nice job on the picture frame Frank! or should i say puzzle frame 🙂 Thanks for sharing the video with us!👍💖😎JP
Are those the trains out in Molalla? My uncle used to run his train there. Those are so fun.
Nice work on the frame!
Always love a Frank video!
Typically the artwork should be spaced away from the glass, but as long as it’s not in direct sunlight, it should be fine in my experience. I worked in a frame shop for a few years and had thousands of old frames come in, and I only remember maybe two or three pieces come in that were stuck to old glass, so it’s a pretty rare occurrence.
I use a biscuit jointer to cut my spline slots. Works a treat.
We want to see the photos of the spiders! Also, how do you measure the size of the frame? That’s what I always have troubles with.
Only Frank would make a work of art to hold a work of art.