princess meow-meow recommends microjig. maker of the grr-ripper. work safer.work smarter. this episode is also sponsored by audible.com. you could scale this frame up to whateversize you like.
router woodworking book, i decided to make mine 12" square, which is a little over 30cm. just because i had this scrap of oak in myshop that i wanted to use.
and i think i can get the whole frame outof this one piece. i'll make all of the cuts using my crosscutsled. first i need to cut this board into two equalsized pieces. to set the length of the cut, i'm going to measure from the table saw blade to this stop block and not the fence itself. and the reason for that is that i don't wantthe cutoff piece of the wood to get trapped between the fence and the blade.
that can cause kickback throwing the woodback at me. i'll set up this block back here line my work piece up against it for the measurement, then remove the block. that way there's no chance of it getting trapped. with my zero clearance insert in place, i'm going to rip a narrow strip off of eachof these boards. i'll cut these into strips that are just alittle bit wider. and i'll rip the four frame pieces down totheir widths.
making lap joints can be a little bit trickybecause you've got two dimensions to work with. you need the depth of the blade to be perfect, and you need the width of the notches to beperfect. the best advice i have is to use a scrap board: run some tests and make incremental changes to your setup. i've raised the blade to half the depth ofthe wood. to cut out the notches, i've set up a stopblock on
both sides so that i can make all the cuts and slide it over, and they'll be the same on each side. now i need to cut out two smaller notches on the back side of two of these big pieces. to do that, i'm not changing the height ofmy blade but i've moved in the two stop blocks. i'm using my disc sander to make bevels onthe ends of each of these boards.
now i can glue it all together. one of the nice things about lap joints isthat they are self-squaring so you get a nice squarepicture frame. i'll hit this up with a few coats of spraylacquer. here i'm cutting out two pieces of acrylicthe same size. i'll stick the plexiglass on using epoxy. {audible ad} and i want to thank you for watching
this week's episode of woodworking for mere mortals. this turned out to be a really fun project. it's one that you can make in just a couplehours. if you'd like to make your own, i've got some free plans down below you can download. if you've never made half-lap joints before, they're not that difficult. just take your time and challenge yourselfwith them.
in some ways it's a lot easier than tryingto make perfect miter joints. if you like this project and would like tomake more picture frames, well i have assembled a playlist for you that has all sorts of picture frame ideas and framing tips. that's one thing about woodworking. once you start doing it, you're probably going end up making a lotof picture frames.
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thanks everybody. i'll see you next week.
