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Justin SE IOWA

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I have been making several picture frames lately. 8x10s and the frames are 1 5/8" wide. My question is how do you join the corners? I have a biscut cutter but the frames are too narrow for that. I have just been glueing and clamping them. Then after the glue is dry I put an 1 1/2" "L" bracket on the corners on the back. How do you guys do it?
 
Don't they make a little zig zag thin metal piece that you hammer into the wood, like on an old barn window frame? I'm not sure of it's proper name.
 
Glue should be enough.

Look at how cabinet doors are made, no angle brackets, just glue.

I've made many things, glue works for me.

If worried, shoot a brad in the corner. Be careful the brad doesn't follow the grain and come out.

Angle brackets is an over kill, but there is nothing wrong with it if it works for you.
 
45 the corners, glue and pin nail on the side. Or you can use the squiggly nails on the back, I think they are called V nails.

Frame clamps are a must. Well, they make things a lot easier.

For huge frames, you can biscuit or dowel, those tend to be in the 3-4foot size and heavy.

My two cents,
Rick
 
If I want to strengthen up a corner on a picture frame or any 45/45
degree moulding I usually pin it with a small lost head nail. My tip
to prevent splitting is to use the same type of nail in the cordless
drill to drill a pilot hole, that way you only have to drive the nail the
distance it was held in the chuck, which is enough to hold the
joint.....
Works well for me....Sam
 
I have had good success with just a good quality wood glue, like Titebond. The key is good tight joint, tightly clamped until the glue sets well. You need good quality corner clamps to do it right.
 
I use a router table and basically cut a tongue and groove, then glue.
The little squiggly metal things are called joiners, and they would work too.
The L brackets as you know work also.
Gets a little trickier if you want a stand off frame with compound miters.
 
The zig zag thing is called a corrugated fastener. They also make a pneumatic gun that shoots them. It would take a frame nearly 3/4" thick to use one of those. More common on picture frames is a similar fastener called a pinch dog. Its more of a U shaped nail.
 
Normally the joint on a picture frame is held together with glue and a spline. In my opinion on end grain joints a polyurethane glue such as gorilla glue it a stronger adhesive. Its just awful nasty to work with. A two part epoxy is also a good adhesive for that application.
 
I have what is called a doweling jig basickly a double clamp with pilot holes in it so you can drill straight into an end of a pair boards and use a dowel to hold the joints togher with glue
 
George, few cabinet doors are mitered, and those that are mitered are always splined. You can't make a strong glue joint on end grain; even the strongest epoxy glue is only as strong as the underlying wood.
 
Jim very nice machine, but how many picture frames would a person have to make to pay for the machine and the keys?

Bob
 
Lots of ways, here's a couple that haven't been mentioned. As far as
ease of use, the Kreg pocket hole jig is slicker than snot on a
doorknob.
Another old standby would be wooden dowels. Google search
doweling jig.
The third, that I like to use is a spline or dovetail spline, at each
corner. Pretty easy with a router, or table saw.
 
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