"Lobster" wrote in message
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Am thinking of having a go at making a large-ish wooden frame for a print
that She's just bought... can't believe the cost that she was quoted to
have it supplied framed.

I was thinking of buying some lengths of moulding from Wickes, mitring the
ends and sticking them together. Is that about it? My main concern is
getting the thing square - presumably the pros have special jigs/cramps
for this.

My cousin used to do picture framing and the main bit of gear was the corner
guillotine, which gave a very clean, accurate cut. Getting the lengths of
opposite sides exactly the same is, apparently, the most important bit.
Corners were held with corner clamps http://tooltray.com/List.asp?i=10562
and stapled, rather than glued.

Can it be done effectively in two stages. ie gluing diagonal corners,
letting them set, then doing the other two?

I bought a set of four plastic corners and a bit of string that would hold
the whole lot together quite cheaply from an ironmonger, many years ago. It
was much like the upper one here http://tooltray.com/List.asp?i=11185 and
worked very well.

Colin Bignell