Quiz for August 6th

[Alias Ralph]

You want to make some mitred picture frames.

What methods can you use to get a nice strong mitre joint that wont move?

For the purpose of this quiz we will assume you have cut nice accurate mitres.

[Gumby]

biscuits (and read the Triton Woodworkers Newsletter - July Edition)

[journeyman Mick]

I usually put a biscuit in each mitre (with some glue of course) and then hold it together with one hand while I shoot a few wiggle staples into it with the Bostitch MKIII wiggle gun in my other. Quick, strong and requires no clamps.

Mick

[Wongo]

Dowel - I use 2 dowel pins for each joint. It works for me.

[nt900]

I take the piece of art to my local framer who uses a guillotine to cut very accurate mitres and then...... does something to fix it together...... then calls me to pick it up. I, having used the time to do something else I enjoy, and have to admit, can probably do better at.

I'm not going to win a prize for this answer am I?

[echnidna]

Anthony post your pic,

If Al likes it he might donate himself as the prize!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nt900]

Ah, but would I win?

As for posting a pic, I have, see my avatar!

Anthony

[Ivan in Oz]

I'd Kreg it.

G'Day Ppl;
I'n Back for a while

[Gingermick]

secret mitred dovetails, ...easy.

[ozwinner]

90mm framing gun.


Al

[zenwood]

What methods can you use to get a nice strong mitre joint that wont move?

• biscuits
• dowels
• splines (pinned or not)
• keys (centred, faced, dovetail, butterfly)
• slips
• half-laps
• dutchmen (see butterfly key)
• nails
• screws
• v-nails
• corrugated nails
• cogged wedges (the thing in the japanese video)

All I can think of for now...

[Harry72]

Depends on the size of the mouldings, if there is a large joint surface area a good quality glue by itself is good enough, a small joint area moulding needs some sort of mechanical fixing like bicki's or spline/dowels.

[Ivan in Oz]

• biscuits
• dowels
• splines (pinned or not)
• keys (centred, faced, dovetail, butterfly)
• slips
• half-laps
• dutchmen (see butterfly key)
• nails
• screws
• v-nails
• corrugated nails
• cogged wedges (the thing in the japanese video)

All I can think of for now...

Get out of it..........................
There wouldn't be any room for any timber/wood would there, with all that Hardware in there.

[savage]

OK! OK! I got this one!...we already have nice mitre's right!..190mm x 45mm rough sawn (for that rustic look) coach screws in the corners then dyna bolt the whole thing to the wall ( if it's brick). If gyprock go into the next room and put an off-cut 190 x 45 with liquid nails and through bolt the whole wall, might have to get someone to hold a spanner on the other side!........Well, you didn't say how big the picture was!......
savage.

[mkemila]

Three inch spiral nails and it ain't going nowhere. I would use a lock mitre bit on the router table.



Mark