Picture Frame

[Dave]

Hi all,

Looking to frame a large official document(17 x 37). I need to make a custom frame for it. Don't have a great mind for design. does anybody have any good ideas for this??? I have thought about using chair rail or blank stock for this. what profiles would look good routing the blank stock or what types of chair rail would work??? Maybe a shadowbox??? also what would be the best wood to use??? any ideas at all please help!!!

Thanks Dave

[Jim Hall]

It's hard for someone to give you advice on this without seeing doc, etc. It is for me anyway. Here's a link in case you don't have it, for building picture frames. Will help you gauge proportion. You probably are just going to have to run some scrap thru a few router bits to see how it comes out or go to a place that sells/makes picture frames and see if you can get ideas there..

[Jim Northey]

Check on Wood or American Woodworker's web sites. A few years ago one or the other had a good write up on picture frames and how to do them . Jim