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On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 23:12:24 -0700, "David F. Eisan"
wrote:
Hello everyone,
I started tonight on a simple quatersawn white oak picture frame for an oil
painting on canvas I picked up in Cuba over Christmas.
I had to make a new frame to stretch the canvas over, (it was removed from
the frame for transport)
http://www.federatedtool.com/DAVID/IMG/CANVASFRAME.JPG
Just a simple soft maple frame pocket screwed together.
I had some quarter sawn white oak I picked up a while ago and decided to
make the actual picture from from it,
http://www.federatedtool.com/DAVID/I...meinclamps.jpg
Here it is in clamps, about 1.75" wide, #10 biscuits at the corners. You can
see the part of the biscuits protruding into the frame itself. They
will be trimmed later and not seen.
Here is a pic of sanding the entire frame flush with 240 grit,
http://www.federatedtool.com/DAVID/IMG/sanding.jpg
I stretched the canvas over the maple frame and secured it with tacks,
http://www.federatedtool.com/DAVID/I...vasonframe.jpg
I don't speak Spanish, but this tag was on the back of the canvas. I had to
pay $2.00 for this tag in order to take it out of Cuba,
http://www.federatedtool.com/DAVID/IMG/exporttag.jpg
Here I am making the rebate in the back of the QSWO frame for the picture to
fit into,
http://www.federatedtool.com/DAVID/IMG/rebate.jpg
Not the best shot, but here I am squaring up the rounded corners of the
rebate so the picture will fit in,
http://www.federatedtool.com/DAVID/I...ingcorners.jpg
Here is a test fit of the picture in the frame. You can see the simple edge
bead I put on the frame. Very simple, but I think nice,
http://www.federatedtool.com/DAVID/IMG/testfit.jpg
Now for the scary part,
http://www.federatedtool.com/DAVID/IMG/ammonia.jpg
I plan to fume this QSWO frame with blueprint ammonia. This is not for the
faint of heart, many safety precautions need to be taken, this
stuff is dangerous. I am wearing an organic airfilter, googles and heavy
acid gloves.
You can see the frame in a garbage can on a supporting frame. There is a
glass pie plate in there onto which I will pour a pint or two of
ammonia.
http://www.federatedtool.com/DAVID/IMG/ammonia.jpg
I put a garbage bag over the top (now side) of the garbage can to act as a
gasket and I put the top on. It is well sealed now, as the lid was
tough to put on. I will leave the frame in there to fume for between 24-48
hours. I expect the frame to turn a dark chocolate brown, but the
ray flecks of the QSWO to remain light and luminescent, unlike the muddiness
they would take on if the fram was stained.
http://www.federatedtool.com/DAVID/IMG/sealedfornow.jpg
More pics in a few days when I take the frame out of the fuming chamber,
David.
Every neighbourhood has one, in mine, I'm him.
I'm tellin' the EPA....
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