Woodworker's Journal 2009-33-6, страница 27

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red corner joints with a single #20 biscuit. Center these slots 1'/«" in from It's easy to make evenly spaced tabs and slots for your dentil i and inset 5/16" from the back face. Glue up the biscuited frame joints, and pattern using a scrap fence on the miter gauge, an indexing pin imp until the glue dries. and a dado blade that exactly matches the pin thickness.

Cut and fit these strips one at a time. Start with a long rail, adjusting the dentil pattern left or right so the miter cuts create matching corners. Move onto the shorter dentil pieces, then finish up with the last rail. Consistency of the pattern is key here to a balanced appearance. Glue the dentil in place.

Now order the glass and cut a hardboard backer to size, and this project will be ready for its portrait or art print. Tack these layers in place with metal window glazing points. Add a hanging wire, and your custom frame is all set for its holiday debut. &

Chris Marshall is Woodworker's Journal's field editor.

are easy to make if you use a simple box joint jig: it's just a scrap fence fixed to the miter gauge and outfitted with a 1/4" x 1/4" pin to index each cut. Install a l/4"-wide dado blade in your saw, and space the indexing pin 1/4" away from the blade. Plow all the l/4"-deep slots, making sure to push the blank down firmly over the pin every time. Sand the resulting tabs gently and apply finish. I brushed on clear shellac to keep my maple dentil blonde. When the blank dries, rip it into strips that fit the frame grooves.

for this first and refine your settings before committing to the actual frame part.

When my joints fit properly, I cut slots for a single #20 biscuit at each corner, then glued up the frame. After the glue dries, touch up the intersections of your coves and bevels with sandpaper and proceed to finishing. I wiped on a coat of boiled linseed oil first to accentuate the cherry's rich, natural color, then sprayed on several coats of satin lacquer.

Making the Dentil Inlay

Make up a 4" to 6"-wide x 24" blank of 5/8"-thick stock for your dentil so you can rip all four strips from it after the slot pattern is cut. Dentil moldings

The trick to great-looking dentil is balancing the pattern at the mitered corners. Start with a rail, fit the two stiles, and finish with the last rail.

Indexing pin