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Lew
Best tool for making picture frames?
Apr 17, 2007
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I just made a two frames with my RAS. It took me 20 minutes to tweek the angle, but they came out fine.
I use my Osborne EB3 miter guide to make mine. They're always dead on.
On my website at
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are drawings for making a shooting board. This includes a mitre attachement.
Best of luck!
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My website has been down due to a DOS attack so I hesitated to reply 'til the bastids stopped.
Consider making a miter sled for your table saw like the one on the Jig and Fixtures page of my website.
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plus is the _exact_ "45 degree" angle basically becomes a moot point (particularly with the usual widths of picture frame miters) because the order of cut insures complementary angles, and the jig allows you to use a stop block to insure the sides are all cut the same length.
These two concepts combined make miters that fit perfectly a much easier task, with much less tweaking.
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