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....

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.

snip, fuming with ammonia

I'm tellin' the EPA....

Ah, one of my flavourite threads,

http://groups.google.ca/group/rec.wo...a70f6d87d29c52

And here I thought no one would remember, snif...

David.

Very nice, David.

Wonder why you didn't miter the QSWO frame, however. I think it would've
looked much nicer that way.

Mike

Wonder why you didn't miter the QSWO frame, however. I think it would've
looked much nicer that way.

Because of the bead. I thought the end grain blow out of the itty bitty
mitred corner would be terrible. Plus, it was easier and required less
material.

David.

David Eisan wrote:
Wonder why you didn't miter the QSWO frame, however. I think it would've
looked much nicer that way.

Because of the bead. I thought the end grain blow out of the itty bitty
mitred corner would be terrible. Plus, it was easier and required less
material.

David.


cut the bead before the miters....

Wonder why you didn't miter the QSWO frame, however. I think it
would've
looked much nicer that way.

Because of the bead. I thought the end grain blow out of the itty bitty
mitred corner would be terrible. Plus, it was easier and required less
material.

cut the bead before the miters....

How do I do that when the bead will cross the mitre from the vertical and
onto the horizontal pieces?

David.

David Eisan wrote:
Wonder why you didn't miter the QSWO frame, however. I think it would've
looked much nicer that way.

Because of the bead. I thought the end grain blow out of the itty bitty
mitred corner would be terrible. Plus, it was easier and required less
material.

David.


cut the bead before the miters....

On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 14:42:21 -0400, "David Eisan"
wrote:

Wonder why you didn't miter the QSWO frame, however. I think it
would've
looked much nicer that way.

Because of the bead. I thought the end grain blow out of the itty bitty
mitred corner would be terrible. Plus, it was easier and required less
material.

cut the bead before the miters....

How do I do that when the bead will cross the mitre from the vertical and
onto the horizontal pieces?

David.



miter all 4 corners was what I was thinking....