Joined
·
21,648 Posts
Finally got the pictures of the small miter clamping jig mentioned recently in another post. Using simple pine, I just glued some 45 degree pieces to a 5 inch long, half inch wide strips. Simple and quick project, but really makes clamping corners of art frames easier.
I have full sized clamps on it in the picture, but will replace them with small Bessy clamps. The heavier weight clamps are pretty clunky and get in the way of other clamps on the same frame. The small ones will be les likely to distort light frames like this one.
The angled pieces are glued on, the second pix shows the pieces and how they got clamped together at glueup. Really effective. Note that to get the pressure perpendicular to the joint, you have to set them back from the corner so the pressure goes directly through the center of the joint.
I have full sized clamps on it in the picture, but will replace them with small Bessy clamps. The heavier weight clamps are pretty clunky and get in the way of other clamps on the same frame. The small ones will be les likely to distort light frames like this one.
The angled pieces are glued on, the second pix shows the pieces and how they got clamped together at glueup. Really effective. Note that to get the pressure perpendicular to the joint, you have to set them back from the corner so the pressure goes directly through the center of the joint.
Attachments
-
532.6 KB Views: 1,170
-
564.8 KB Views: 602