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Default Oval frames

On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 12:13:30 -0400, knuttle
wrote:

We have an oval mirror in the bath room and my wife would like it to
have an oval frame for it. This seems like an "easy" do-it-yourself
project.

While I have a general idea of how you would construct an oval frame,
can someone give me some specific guidance or point me to a site that
shows specifics.


Here's one way to do it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSNT2Zha5mg
Here's another: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6WkzRH-Up8
And here's a guy who knows his stuff in a shop that would make an OSHA
inspector's head explode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7ljMcBqvG4. Oval starts around 9
minutes.
Here's another approach to the curve--you have to trim the pieces just
right on the end to get it all to fit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7LWa-FO_bo
You can also steam-bend:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nukClIXyx0