pugilato
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I have made several picture frames using several techniques (chop saw, table saw). The hardest part of the whole process is measuring the frame to match the object being framed. Then after measuring, marking the picture framing material. Fine Woodworking posted an article with a jig for the table saw that fit my needs exactly, but I did not particularly like the jig (too heavy, too awkward... which is never good around a table saw).
When I got the MFT3, one of my first thoughts was to adapt the jig to Festools. Here it is, the alpha version, warts and all. The next version will be better.
Using leftover 1/2" plywood from my brother's bookcases, I built the base with t-tracks to hold the framing material in place. Then I tacked a 1/4" x 1" strip of wood on the edge. Finally applied some hardwood edging from some scrap. Using qwas dogs and the Festool adjusting clamp, I set the jib at 45-degrees on the MFT.
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Attached to the strip a yardstick and cut it at an angle at the corner. I made a marker to mark the measurement of the object being framed. The marker was cut at an angle, because the framing material would have had its first 45 cut on the chop saw.
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This jig will cut the second angle on each stick of the picture frame. The first angle, since it does not have to be measured, can be cut on a chop saw (or a Kapex, if you are lucky enough to have one). Then you lay the piece on the yardstick to the marker, and cut. Back to the chop saw to reverse the angle, and repeat on the jig.
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I cut frames for two paintings that I am giving my kids as graduation gifts, and they came out really well. I'll post pix when the varnish dries. I now know that for the beta version, I need to move the first t-track further away from the cutting track. There is a minimum frame size (about 10") that this jig will work well with.
When I got the MFT3, one of my first thoughts was to adapt the jig to Festools. Here it is, the alpha version, warts and all. The next version will be better.
Using leftover 1/2" plywood from my brother's bookcases, I built the base with t-tracks to hold the framing material in place. Then I tacked a 1/4" x 1" strip of wood on the edge. Finally applied some hardwood edging from some scrap. Using qwas dogs and the Festool adjusting clamp, I set the jib at 45-degrees on the MFT.
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Attached to the strip a yardstick and cut it at an angle at the corner. I made a marker to mark the measurement of the object being framed. The marker was cut at an angle, because the framing material would have had its first 45 cut on the chop saw.
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This jig will cut the second angle on each stick of the picture frame. The first angle, since it does not have to be measured, can be cut on a chop saw (or a Kapex, if you are lucky enough to have one). Then you lay the piece on the yardstick to the marker, and cut. Back to the chop saw to reverse the angle, and repeat on the jig.
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I cut frames for two paintings that I am giving my kids as graduation gifts, and they came out really well. I'll post pix when the varnish dries. I now know that for the beta version, I need to move the first t-track further away from the cutting track. There is a minimum frame size (about 10") that this jig will work well with.
