Sister’s project done

[trackman]

Some time ago I asked about staining poplar for a project my sister wanted me to do. The last picture is a cross stitch frame she brought. It was a fun project to figure out how to make all the parts. Stained golden oak. Made 21”, 23”, 4-38”, 2-55”. 

[Scrolling Steve]

That is quite a project !

[Scrappile]

Great job.  Looks like she is a very serious cross stitch-er!

[frankorona]

Great project!

[heppnerguy]

There must be more to it then I can understand. I look at all the many pieces you cut and then ended up with what appears to be a rather small project, which of course it can not be. I know it is just my ignorance of what this is all about. Has me baffled I have to admit. Obviously, I do not understand cross stitching frames. Never knew they had such a thing. Not sure how you were able to figure it all out

 

Dick

heppnerguy

[daveww1]

nice job

[Charlie E]

Great craftsmanship!

[trackman]

11 hours ago, heppnerguy said:

There must be more to it then I can understand. I look at all the many pieces you cut and then ended up with what appears to be a rather small project, which of course it can not be. I know it is just my ignorance of what this is all about. Has me baffled I have to admit. Obviously, I do not understand cross stitching frames. Never knew they had such a thing. Not sure how you were able to figure it all out

 

Dick

heppnerguy

I just put one small frame together to show how it looks finished. As I stated I made 8 total. The nuts on the threaded rods are used to tighten the material. The rods go into a hole a little bigger than the rod. The threaded rods have a flat end that does into a hole in the square end of the big dowel. The 3/8” dowels slide into the dovetail trapping the material between the two dowels. Sister gets tired of working on a pattern and goes to another one. Us scrollers can understand that lol. 

[heppnerguy]

1 hour ago, trackman said:

I just put one small frame together to show how it looks finished. As I stated I made 8 total. The nuts on the threaded rods are used to tighten the material. The rods go into a hole a little bigger than the rod. The threaded rods have a flat end that does into a hole in the square end of the big dowel. The 3/8” dowels slide into the dovetail trapping the material between the two dowels. Sister gets tired of working on a pattern and goes to another one. Us scrollers can understand that lol. 

thank you for the education. I was in total dismay. Since I have never been exposed to cross stitching and you showed so much wood, I just could not figure it out. Now I understand. Thank you for taking the time to explain it to me. I had to make myself look really stupid with my remarks but it was worth the embarrassment to learn

Dick

heppnerguy 

[trackman]

Dick you didn’t look stupid at all. You should have been in on the conversation with my sister and me when she was trying to tell me what she wanted an how it works lol. Had her bring one that she got from factory so I could copy it. 

[amazingkevin]

That's really some task!!

[Dave Monk]

Great job! Looks like it was a real challenge.