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    Western Frames

    A lot have seem to like my western frames so maybe I can give something to someone who hasn't found out about this trick.

    Making The Frame

    post-2257-0-37201100-1426981866.jpgokay i bought 1x4 x8" western rough cedar $4.29 each spit a bunch in half.


    post-2257-0-11065900-1426981889.jpgthen set fence and ripped sides about 1.125 got 3 out of each 8' then ripped

    post-2257-0-26448100-1426981902.jpgdado to accept picture and glass.

    post-2257-0-27761700-1426981907.jpgi glued edge of the 1 3/4" piece and placed 1.125

    post-2257-0-95282400-1426981914.jpgi air nailed it with 1" brads.

    post-2257-0-30842600-1426981926.jpgpost-2257-0-48632300-1426981933.jpgpost-2257-0-54053800-1426981944.jpgafter i made some patterns and laid out a long and short piece for making 11"x14" frame.


    post-2257-0-98178600-1426981950.jpgpost-2257-0-38286300-1426981957.jpgglued edges pop 4 staples 2 each side. then hit edges with an orbital sander to knock slivers off.
     

    Make Them Old

    post-2257-0-44810400-1426981964.jpgget 2 individual pieces of 0000 steel wool and a gallon of white vinegar and a plastic sealable tube that will hold 2 gallons. pour vinegar and steel wool and close up for at least 2 days. open and stir if it's all dissolved, add 1 gallon of water to the mixture.

    post-2257-0-73054600-1426981968.jpgnow paint all exposed surfaces and get them wet. let them set overnight
    post-2257-0-39554400-1426981979.jpgadd hangers that's it.

     

    Now I hear it only works in western cedar and sometimes you will see orange spots I touch them with liquid again and they get less bright. I think it makes my western pictures.

    Any questions please ask

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    a lot have seem to like my western frames so maybe i can give something to someone who haven't found out about this trick

    okay i bought 1x4 x8" western rough cedar $4.29 each spit a bunch in half.

    then set fence and ripped sides about 1.125 got 3 out of each 8'  then ripped  

    dado to accept picture and glass. i glued edge of the 1 3/4" piece and placed 1.125

    i air nailed it with 1" brads. after i made some patterns and laid out a long and short

    piece for making 11"x14" frame. glued edges pop 4 staples 2 each side. then hit edges

    with orbital sander to knock slivers off. now to make them old. get 2 individual pieces of

    0000 steel wool and gallon of whit vinegar and plastic seal-able tube that will hold 2

    gallons. pour vinegar and steel wool and close up for at least 2 days. open stir if its all

    dissolved add 1 gallon water to mixture. now paint all expose surfaces get them wet

    . let them set over night add hangers that's it. now i hear it only works in western cedar

    and some times you will see orange spots i touch them with liquid again and they get less bright.

    think it makes my western pictures. any questions please ask

       

    Frame in a frame How nice is that.I'd have never thought of that one .Good one Gator ,Thanks!I can't wait to try this one.

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    Your local fencing company may even give you a better deal on the cedar, worth a try!

     

    I get to dumpster raid at one here; sometimes shorts; but usable and FREE! Sometimes even long, narrower strips. Easy to make frames from them.

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