For a few one-off frames I think it's better to just bite the bullet and get a few professionally done frames, but they aren't cheap ($200-400 depending on the size, wood species, matting, etc). A 24" x 15" birdseye/curly maple frame that's 1.25" finished face width is about $24/linear foot at a local framing shop here in Durham. Their frames are made in Vermont to custom specifications. Yikes! :cry_smile
http://cravenallengallery.com/
Made a double slider miter jig for the table saw from Baltic Birch (1/2" x 5 x 5 sheet = $84 delivered to my home). It does cut pretty nice matching miters if you're careful and use stop blocks to prevent movement on the second cut.
Sized the joints with 1:1 Titebond III and water. Dried for about 1+ hours with no sanding. Applied Titebond III and glued up with a band clamp and self-adjusting corner gizmos from Veritas. What a PITA with 8 joints. The miter joints matched up very nicely and they were true until the glue up phase-gaps in the miter faces which are kind of ugly, but not overly bad. Won't know 'till I do some planing/sanding.
Will post a few pics to verify that it did happen.
http://cravenallengallery.com/
Made a double slider miter jig for the table saw from Baltic Birch (1/2" x 5 x 5 sheet = $84 delivered to my home). It does cut pretty nice matching miters if you're careful and use stop blocks to prevent movement on the second cut.
Sized the joints with 1:1 Titebond III and water. Dried for about 1+ hours with no sanding. Applied Titebond III and glued up with a band clamp and self-adjusting corner gizmos from Veritas. What a PITA with 8 joints. The miter joints matched up very nicely and they were true until the glue up phase-gaps in the miter faces which are kind of ugly, but not overly bad. Won't know 'till I do some planing/sanding.
Will post a few pics to verify that it did happen.