Mr Mike Mills
01-12-2014, 9:35 PM
As a cabinetmaking teacher we have lots of scraps in the shop. We have found several smaller projects to use the solid oak on. We also have a lot of 1/4” oak plywood scraps which many of them are to small to use in our projects. Some of the pieces are to small for cabinet parts, but large enough I do not want to throw them away. I have been trying to come up with some smaller projects which would use up some of this 1/4" ply, yes of course would always just laser a few little plaques, but I wanted something a little more than that.
I wanted to come up with a picture frame for a recent family vacation, and I wanted to try and use some of this 1/4” plywood scraps that we have. Now this picture is not the family vacation frame, but one with the high school logo on it.
To keep the picture in place I used 2 pieces of .100" Plexiglass and put the picture between them.
Since these pictures were taken I have also had the idea to add a keyhole in the back to hang the picture. Keyhole shape on the back layer, and a oval cut out for the screw head to slide in.
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The frame uses 3 pieces of plywood. There is a cut out in the back layer so you could easily get your fingers in to pull out the plexiglass and change the picture. Also I set it up so that the frame pieces get cut on all sides so that the edge of the frame has the same burn appearance on all edges. I also used the laser to cut out the 2 pieces of plexiglass.
To hold the 3 pieces of wood together I use just a little bit of wood glue around the frame. Not a lot do not want it to squeeze out and down the edge of the burnt edge of the fame, and then a few spring clamps to keep it in place.
The only thing I would like to add would be some holes on the bottom side of the back layers of the frame where dowels could be inserted so the frame could also sit on a desk or shelf. Typically I would use the drill press to drill 15-20 degree holes. i would like to figure out how to set up a file to run the oblong holes so the drill press would not need to be used. I would need to set it up so that a 3 pieces get a hole that would allow the dowel to sit at an angle.
This frame was for a 5x7 picture.
I do not have the coreldraw file on this computer, but I will try and get it uploaded soon.
I wanted to come up with a picture frame for a recent family vacation, and I wanted to try and use some of this 1/4” plywood scraps that we have. Now this picture is not the family vacation frame, but one with the high school logo on it.
To keep the picture in place I used 2 pieces of .100" Plexiglass and put the picture between them.
Since these pictures were taken I have also had the idea to add a keyhole in the back to hang the picture. Keyhole shape on the back layer, and a oval cut out for the screw head to slide in.
279723279724279725279726
The frame uses 3 pieces of plywood. There is a cut out in the back layer so you could easily get your fingers in to pull out the plexiglass and change the picture. Also I set it up so that the frame pieces get cut on all sides so that the edge of the frame has the same burn appearance on all edges. I also used the laser to cut out the 2 pieces of plexiglass.
To hold the 3 pieces of wood together I use just a little bit of wood glue around the frame. Not a lot do not want it to squeeze out and down the edge of the burnt edge of the fame, and then a few spring clamps to keep it in place.
The only thing I would like to add would be some holes on the bottom side of the back layers of the frame where dowels could be inserted so the frame could also sit on a desk or shelf. Typically I would use the drill press to drill 15-20 degree holes. i would like to figure out how to set up a file to run the oblong holes so the drill press would not need to be used. I would need to set it up so that a 3 pieces get a hole that would allow the dowel to sit at an angle.
This frame was for a 5x7 picture.
I do not have the coreldraw file on this computer, but I will try and get it uploaded soon.