Picture Framing Jig

[woodbloke]

Been doing a bit of picture framing over the last couple of days, and this is the fully adustable jig I now use on my Kity 419. We tend to buy a couple of pictures or prints when we go on holiday and over the years I've framed up quite a lot. I used to reinforce the corners in the traditional way by hand cutting a couple of slots and glueing some veneers. This method was sort of alright, but never really satisfactory as the saw kerf never matched the veneer thickness. I now use this jig, which screws onto the saw protractor. The construction can easily be seen from the pics and its relatively safe as the frame is held securely by a toggle clamp...and before anyone shouts at me, yes, it has to be used with the riving knife and crown guard removed. It is tho', a very useful little jig to construct and has saved me a lot of time fiddling about with veneers.
First couple of pics show the jig from two sides:

This one shows the jig in use with the frame clamped in place:

The last pic shows a completed frame in the lounge, slightly out of focus:

The inserts are now the same width as the saw blade and are much easier to glue in place and can also be made from a contrasting timber which looks,in my view, quite good. It also has the added benefit of making the joint much stronger - Rob

 

[Paul Chapman]

Looks great, Rob, but only the first two pictures are visible - would like to see the other two :wink:

Paul

 

[George_N]

Sorry, all I'm getting are messages saying Oops photo no longer available.

cheers

George

 

[Newbie_Neil]

Sorry, all I'm getting are messages saying Oops photo no longer available.

Yep, same here.

Cheers
Neil

 

[Scrit]

If you want me to whinge, at least show me the photos....... :lol:

Scrit

 

[woodbloke]

Will re-load and edit post - Rob

 

[Scrit]

The crown guard isn't a real issue, nor is the lack of riving knife because you're unlikely to get a kickback with a jig used this way, but for your own sake you really need to add a small tunnel guard at least at the rear of the sled and possibly a limiter stop to ensure sled cant't be pushed so far as to leave the blade exposed whilst running

There, that wasn't too painful, was it? :wink:

Scrit

 

[prawnking]

feel free to slap me if this sounds daft or simple but could you have used a biscuit jointer to cut slots and then machined your wood to fit.

just wondering for myself really as havent got round to constructing jigs yet not that good.

shaun

 

[nickson71]

Nice jig ....... but as already mentioned a blade guard would be a good addition

 

[Paul Chapman]

Pictures are fine now. That's a great-looking jig, Rob, and I agree, frames look nice with reinforced corners as well as being very strong.

Paul

 

[Anonymous]

Nice Job Rob.

I just made a picture frame this weekend as a gift for my brother-in-law and routed the spline using the woodrat - your solution would seem to be considerably cheaper :wink: :lol:

 

[woodbloke]

Hadn't considered a tunnel guard, as Scrit quite righty mentioned, tho' I think I will build a little cover for the exposed blade....belt and braces - Rob

 

[Bean]

Nice Jig Rob.
You could also cut down a riving knife so that it does not protude over the top of the blade and use that with the tunnel guard