My latest this week

[new2woodwrk]

Only managed to finish one project this week but got a few started

A bunch of other cuts I posted in the blog need to be sanded, stained and finished

Managed to finish these off tonight- gave one to my neighbor - he's a real firebird guy - 77 Firebird - gotta find a pattern that I can cut

Edited April 15, 2018 by new2woodwrk

[lew]

Only one project this week??!!!....quit goofing off!!!!  just kiddin!!! ( I forget that not everyone is retired like me!!!)

Looks really good!! Great work and your frames really make the pieces stand out!

[new2woodwrk]

1 hour ago, lew said:

Only one project this week??!!!....quit goofing off!!!!  just kiddin!!! ( I forget that not everyone is retired like me!!!)

Looks really good!! Great work and your frames really make the pieces stand out!

I'm semi retired Lew - still work a little for the wife when she needs stuff done - other than that I'm free to work around the house and cause trouble where ever I may find it

[Rockytime]

Nice cutting of some nice patterns. I presume you make your own frames. They look great. What wood do you make them from?

[new2woodwrk]

13 hours ago, Rockytime said:

Nice cutting of some nice patterns. I presume you make your own frames. They look great. What wood do you make them from?

Thanks les,

Yes, mostly out of Pine or poplar what ever we have here that is the cheapest and 3/4" 'L' molding.

Mostly I use 2 different stains on them - red mahogany or cherry

Edited April 16, 2018 by new2woodwrk

[Gordster]

Nice projects,I recognize the boat in the top one.

Edited April 15, 2018 by Gordster

[Dave Monk]

Nice job!

[newfie]

Nice work thanks for sharing 

[Ron Johnson]

Well done Jes and nicely framed.

[amazingkevin]

I need lessons on making frames easy from you !

[wombatie]

Very nice and so are the frames.  Well done.

Marg

[blights69]

Great job love the frames within a frame idea

[daveww1]

nice job

[DWSUDEKUM]

Nicely done.  Thanks for sharing these with us.

 

DW

[new2woodwrk]

5 hours ago, blights69 said:

Great job love the frames within a frame idea

 

8 hours ago, amazingkevin said:

I need lessons on making frames easy from you !

Thanks guys,

The frames are pretty easy to make once you get the hang of it - it has taken me 2 1/2 years to figure this out. However if I hadn't made the jig I posted I would still be at a loss and very frustrated making frames.

I can't tell you how much wood and time I have lost trying to make frames only to end up with 4 uneven, poorly angled pieces of wood that continued to fill my waste bucket! - I have 6 buckets filled with pieces of varying widths and lengths just from frame failures alone!

Now that I have the jig, I can usually make a frame within 15 mins or less.

I think I'm going to post a how to on my SSV blog - no video just some pics and an explanation

The reasons I use the 3/4" L molding are:

• I have a router but am not comfortable using it - and with all the learning I'm doing I continually put off learning more about it time after time
• I have a dado set for my table saw, but I get lazy in setting it up so I take the short road. Plus it also has a learning curve as well as an additional time investment in setting it up. If I were to stock pile frames, I would set up the dado and go that route for sure
• Also without cutting, the L moldings leave a 1/8" gap at the bottom for the project pieces to fit into - if I need the full 1/4" they are easily cut down. The trick to using these however is cutting the correct side the correct direction LOL

With the jig I made, I can easily cut the outer frames, glue them and then cut the inner frame and glue them - I used to brad nail them to the outer frame, but now I just clue to save time by not having to fill the inner holes

Thanks all

Edited April 16, 2018 by new2woodwrk

[lew]

22 minutes ago, new2woodwrk said:

 

Thanks guys,

The frames are pretty easy to make once you get the hang of it - it has taken me 2 1/2 years to figure this out. However if I hadn't made the jig I posted I would still be at a loss and very frustrated making frames.

I can't tell you how much wood and time I have lost trying to make frames only to end up with 4 uneven, poorly angled pieces of wood that continued to fill my waste bucket! - I have 6 buckets filled with pieces of varying widths and lengths just from frame failures alone!

Now that I have the jig, I can usually make a frame within 15 mins or less.

I think I'm going to post a how to on my SSV blog - no video just some pics and an explanation

The reasons I use the 3/4" L molding are:

• I have a router but am not comfortable using it - and with all the learning I'm doing I continually put off learning more about it time after time
• I have a dado set for my table saw, but I get lazy in setting it up so I take the short road. Plus it also has a learning curve as well as an additional time investment in setting it up. If I were to stock pile frames, I would set up the dado and go that route for sure
• Also without cutting, the L moldings leave a 1/8" gap at the bottom for the project pieces to fit into - if I need the full 1/4" they are easily cut down. The trick to using these however is cutting the correct side the correct direction LOL

With the jig I made, I can easily cut the outer frames, glue them and then cut the inner frame and glue them - I used to brad nail them to the outer frame, but now I just clue to save time by not having to fill the inner holes

Thanks all

Def post the instructions for making the frames....I totally suck at making good frames but need to get better!!

[blights69]

4 hours ago, new2woodwrk said:

 

Thanks guys,

The frames are pretty easy to make once you get the hang of it - it has taken me 2 1/2 years to figure this out. However if I hadn't made the jig I posted I would still be at a loss and very frustrated making frames.

I can't tell you how much wood and time I have lost trying to make frames only to end up with 4 uneven, poorly angled pieces of wood that continued to fill my waste bucket! - I have 6 buckets filled with pieces of varying widths and lengths just from frame failures alone!

Now that I have the jig, I can usually make a frame within 15 mins or less.

I think I'm going to post a how to on my SSV blog - no video just some pics and an explanation

The reasons I use the 3/4" L molding are:

• I have a router but am not comfortable using it - and with all the learning I'm doing I continually put off learning more about it time after time
• I have a dado set for my table saw, but I get lazy in setting it up so I take the short road. Plus it also has a learning curve as well as an additional time investment in setting it up. If I were to stock pile frames, I would set up the dado and go that route for sure
• Also without cutting, the L moldings leave a 1/8" gap at the bottom for the project pieces to fit into - if I need the full 1/4" they are easily cut down. The trick to using these however is cutting the correct side the correct direction LOL

With the jig I made, I can easily cut the outer frames, glue them and then cut the inner frame and glue them - I used to brad nail them to the outer frame, but now I just clue to save time by not having to fill the inner holes

Thanks all

Frame jig sounds like a proper waste wood saver and time saver I see you wrote you posted about the jig I cannot find that did you post on here . Great idea to post up how you do them though a few people will be interested in that I am guessing 

[new2woodwrk]

1 hour ago, blights69 said:

Frame jig sounds like a proper waste wood saver and time saver I see you wrote you posted about the jig I cannot find that did you post on here . Great idea to post up how you do them though a few people will be interested in that I am guessing 

Agreed Frank, I try to share my limited knowledge when I can to help give back,

I usually assume, most here aside from other newbies know a lot more than I and are much better at woodworking than I as well.

Here is the thread I created about the jig - it's not mine, but is one I made using someone else's instructions;

I've been working on my custom frame tutorial all day - I'll have to post it in segments since it's quite large.

 

[blights69]

17 minutes ago, new2woodwrk said:

Agreed Frank, I try to share my limited knowledge when I can to help give back,

I usually assume, most here aside from other newbies know a lot more than I and are much better at woodworking than I as well.

Here is the thread I created about the jig - it's not mine, but is one I made using someone else's instructions;

I've been working on my custom frame tutorial all day - I'll have to post it in segments since it's quite large.

 

I look forward to reading it when you have posted it and no matter how long some of us have been at it a good idea is always worth a look and you always learn something new at some point   Thanks for the thread link I shall go take a look 

[GPscroller]

Glad to hear I am not the only one who sucks at frames, never end up square  Easier to buy at hobby store.  Nice job on the cuts and super job on the frames.

Jeff