How do you make a picture frame?

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Janet Pizaro on Feb 14, 2017

https://www.hometalk.com/search/posts?filter=making%20picture%20frames

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Carole on Feb 14, 2017

Get yourself a mitre box (I think that is what they are called) from the hardware store. These have the angled cuts in them and you put your saw into the angled cut so you are not trying to measure the angle yourself. The box does the measuring of the angle for you. It is a timber box with three sides - the top being open for the saw to go into. Maybe a foot long or a little more. Twelve inches or so. You should see a choice of three angles for the saw blade to go into for a handsaw. They are like slots in the box and you just put your saw blade into one slot and it guides the saw to make the perfect angle.

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- Lavonne on Feb 22, 2017
  
  After cutting the pieces - use a special jig available at certain craft stores and home stores that holds the joints together for you while you nail and glue the joints. To determine the opening of your frame measure the inside length of the pieces not the outside length.
  
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Hillela G. on Feb 15, 2017

There are so many fun options:
You can use yardsticks: http://www.hometalk.com/diy/decorate/rooms/yardstick-picture-frames-7789822

Yardstick Picture Frames

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Hillela G. on Feb 15, 2017

I love these classy frame ideas: http://www.hometalk.com/diy/decorate/rooms/repurposed-picture-frames-14981419 http://www.hometalk.com/diy/decorate/rooms/anthropologie-bamboo-inlay-frame-knock-off-4994048

Repurposed Picture Frames

Anthropologie Bamboo Inlay Frame Knock Off

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Mary on Feb 24, 2017

I usually get trim for wainscoting, this already has a spot for the glass cut out

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