Mirror Frame Pt. 1: Design, Half-Laps, Meeting, & Curves







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We just lately had just a little work executed in our rest room and within the course of we eliminated the massive wall-spanning mirrors. Being the superhero husband I"m I instantly promised Nicole that I might exchange them with a few good framed mirrors. A document-setting six months later (which is no less than a yr forward of schedule by my clock), right here we"re building the frames.


This venture is pretty easy however even easy tasks can function nice particulars. This video will present you the whole lot it"s essential to know as a way to construct one for your self. I lately promised that I might be returning to my roots of detailed movies on the free website and this challenge is an instance of me making good on that promise. This video is just about filmed in the identical type our Guild movies are filmed.


Designing in a Area


blue-tap-wallUtilizing blue tape, I wish to experiment with totally different designs on the precise wall the place the mirror will reside. There’s actually no higher approach to decide the suitable measurement and form of the mirror. If one thing doesn’t look proper, merely modify the place of the tape and check out once more. As soon as the general dimensions are decided, we will simply spherical up or right down to entire numbers making our life a bit simpler within the store. A design like this does have some room to play with the numbers.



Ditching Design Guidelines


Whereas design guidelines definitely have their place and we should always all take note of them, there are just a few instances the place these guidelines don’t a lot matter. That is a type of occasions. I would like this mirror to fill out a specific area and the size of that area are set in stone. So I’ll merely make my body look nearly as good as it will probably inside that area primarily going by eye, versus wanting towards a theoretical “greatest” measurement.


Half-Lap Joinery


half-lap-jointBy no means underestimate the half-lap! When most individuals consider primary frames, they instantly go to miters. However with out reinforcement, miter joints are fairly weak and until the design would actually profit from the visible impact of a miter, I’d a lot fairly use a half-lap joint. Half-laps present us with a ton of lengthy grain glue floor and require no reinforcement to realize their power. Moreover, this specific design lends itself very well to half-lap joinery. The joints are cut on the tablesaw with a dado stack and finessed on the workbench.



Elective Design Particulars


joint-chamferWhen becoming a member of boards, I’ve seen some designs the place the joint is definitely accentuated with a roundover or groove. This definitely gained’t attraction to everybody however I feel the impact is cool. It makes each bit of the body pop and provides it rather more visible curiosity. Though my joints are tight, I suppose one may be capable of use this system to cover some lower than good joinery too. However I’ll deny it in the event you ever inform somebody I advised you that!



Making a Curved Template


flush-trimmingThe complete-measurement drawing can truly be used to create a template for the curve on the highest rail. In the event you solely have one body to construct, you"ll be able to definitely skip this step and as an alternative merely draw the curve on the body itself. Since I"ve to construct two of those frames, I’m making a template first after which utilizing that template to flush trim my frames to ultimate form.



 Planing Edges Flush


jack-planeTo assist in clamping and meeting, all of our elements have been cut 1/sixteen″ outsized in width. Now it’s time to take away that additional materials for a pleasant flush look on all edges. The simplest method I discover to do that is to make use of a hand aircraft. Because the wood is closely figured, I exploit my bevel up jack aircraft with a 50 diploma blade to plow by means of the robust figured grain with zero tearout.



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