DIY Photo Frame - Handmade at Home Without Machines
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- Опубліковано 25 гру 2024
- See materials and tools used below.
Photo frames in A2 format are not so easy to get and if, then usually quite expensive. So I set out to build elegant photo frames from beech wood myself.
The frames should be made of wood, elegant, cheap and be built without machines. The hand miter saw is a great help, but it would also work with a miter box (maybe less precise).
Since I used textured fine art paper for the prints, I didn't want a glass in front of the images. I used protective spray instead, so one can enjoy this beautiful fine art paper in its full glory. There is enough space in the photo frame for a glass in front and an acid-free protection layer behind the print, just have to use a different hanging mechanism.
I am super happy with these photo frames. The cost of materials was about 20 euros, including fine art paper and ink for the print. The time required for the first frame was quite high - I had to pay a lesson there and wasted some wood.
The last frame was done in about 2 hours not counting glue, oil and spray drying times.
Material list per photo frame:
6x beech wood strips 10x17x1000mm
Glue
Sand paper (grade 80, 120, 240)
Linseed oil
Electrical tape (flexible but strong)
3mm MDF A2 size (ordered pre-cut from hardware store)
Masking tape
2x eyelet plates & 4x screws
Wire
Nails
Tools:
3 clamps
Hand miter saw (can also use these simple wooden ones)
Metering rule
Hammer & Nail (a drill makes it easier)
Screwdriver
Thanks for watching!
My Website: thomasrhinow.com
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No machines, no voiceover, no music but still excellent instruction. This is pretty much the perfect video of this type. Thanks!
Oh, A little bit of music, but I'll allow it 😂
Glad you liked it! Hope it helps!
WHAT A GREAT INSTRUCTION WITHOUT TALKING SINGLE WORD! THANK YOU!
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
This is perfect workflow! I have workshop full of tools - clampses, meters, knifes, chisels, three work desks, heavy clamps, a chest of drawers for a nails, saws, hammers, screwdrivers, elecktric saw, drillers and many, many other tools - but i started with almost nothing. And this is workflow for people I used to be. DIY videos where carpenter has fully equipped workshop for professionals is not for beginers. Thank you, sir, i am going to try your method.
Yes, it's a method for people who don't want to (or can) spend a lot of money for tools. But what you don't pay with cash you pay with time instead - because it takes a while to build a frame using this method. I reckon you're much more efficient with your tools.
Cheers
Thank you for not talking but showing!
Your welcome 🙂
Absolutely fabulous, great work.
Thank you!
Well worth the hard work Thomas they look amazing.
Thank you Mr Freeman :)
Exactly what I have being looking for ❤❤❤
Nice to hear! Happy frame building!
Very very nice job here.
Thank you very much!
Nice work Thomas!
From start to finish!
Hi Miro. Many thanks!
How is your photography life doing?
Cheers
Great job sir!
Thanks, I appreciate it!
Great work Thomas. Thnx.
Cheers :)
excellent finally a no electric tools guide
That was my thinking. I doubt the average person owns a workshop equipped with all kinds of machines.
Excellent job! I can never get perfect 45s with machine, nor by hand.
Neither can I - at least not all 4 corners. But I'm satisfied with getting close. If imperfect 45s catch the eye, the image might not be worth framing :)
This is a great diy video 💯
Glad you like it, thank you!
Excellent video.
Re. supplies required, you have "isolation" tape on your list. I am aware that there is such a thing, used for accoustic reduction in structures, but do you mean "insulation" tape? Mistake in translation perhaps, or does "isolation" tape have a property that is especially helpful in photoframe construction?
Thanks!
I guess that's a translation mistake then. Maybe it's called duct tape? The main properties are a certain elasticity and that it sticks well to the wood, so there is enough tension to glue the corners together.
I did some research and I think it's called electrical tape, which is more elastic than duct tape.
@thomasrhinow it looked like you were using what’s known as ‘masking tape’ in UK English.
@@22jo222 Not sure - isn't masking tape used to cover stuff before painting, the one I used to fix the MDF back plate to the frame? If so, this is not strong and elastic enough to glue the frame together. Meanwhile I'm pretty sure it's called electrical tape.
@ Ah ok, thanks for the clarification.
very well done ...thank you 👍
Cheers :)
Hey! Sorry to ask, but what is that elastic tape that you put on the corners to hold the frame while drying?
No problem. There was just a similar question and I'm not sure how this tape is called in English. But after some research I think it's electrical tape.
Gute Arbeit ! Tip zur Erleichterung beim Zusammenbau: Für die Gehrungen (Ecken) gibt es auch spezielle Schraubzwingen. Ist dann nicht so ein Gefummel wie mit dem Tape und garantiert rechtwinkelig. Und ich würde zum fixieren kein Malerkrepp nehmen. Das wird mit der Zeit porös und klebt dann nicht mehr. Ich würde die MDF Platten eher mit dünnen, waagerecht und nur teilweise in die Rahmenleiste eingeschlagenen Nägeln fixieren, sodaß sie die MDF Platte festklemmen.
Danke für den Tip. Ich hatte im Baumarkt auch schon ein Spannband mit Eckschablonen in den Fingern, war mir dann aber doch zu teuer. Beim dritten Rahmen gings dann ganz fix mit dem Tape :)
Für die Fixierung der Rückplatte hatte ich auch noch Stahlreiber (Drehfedern) und Leinwandhalter bestellt, die dann in den Rahmen geschraubt würden. Das Ziel war aber, die Sache so zu machen, dass die Bilder möglichst einfach zu wechseln sind. Schrauben und vor allem Nägel waren mir dann doch zu "permanent" - deshalb das Malerkrepp. Aber danke für die Warnung, ich werde hin und wieder nachschauen, obs noch hält. Oder gäbe es ein geeigneteres Tape?
Gut zum kleben eignet sich sog. Naßklebeband (gummierte Papierstreifen auf der Rolle). Damit geklebte Bilder halten bei mir schon Dekaden ohne Ablösung im Rahmen.
@@heinundpiet Super, danke! Das werde ich beim nächsten Mal auch verwenden. Das Malerkrepp lass ich vorerst mal dran, bin gespannt wie lange es hält.
Thank you!!!
Glad you like it, happy frame building!
Just amazing!!! I only have one question, what spray do you use on the print? Is it setting spray?
So happy to have discovered your channel btw
Thank you!
Since I don't like putting glass in front of such beautiful fine art paper, I use the "Hahnemühle Protective Spray" for a layer of UV and fingerprint protection that does not impair the viewing experience in the slightest.
Cheers
Really wanted to know what spray did you use on that print before framing and it's purpose.
It's "Hahnemühle Protective Spray". I don't like to put glass in front of such beautifully textured fine art papers and use the spray as a little protection layer.
brilliant, thank you so much, i have a lot of awards, documents and certificates my father was awarded in his naval service over 20 years, ie, 5 good conduct certificates, 5 reinlistment, 5 of this 5 of that, overseas naval services, vietnam, korea, and 3 large ones like retirement document is larger , and only 1, then a couple smaller ones , i have his hats , 3, one beige, one white and his seamans cap in an enclosure , chest medals and ribbons he was buried with but i have a second and third set of those for my own shadowbox and my sisters shadowboxes i made for their own naval father displays in their own homes, it is me who has all dads certificates and all are not the same frame, i might just do this and replace a few cheap plastic ones i bought over the years, thank you sir, watching , one might think yours a simple task, it is not , you just make it look easy , good job
The tricky parts are getting the miters exactly right and then gluing the individual frame parts together. Else it actually is quite easy, but time consuming. I hope you manage to give the documents and certificates the frames they deserve.
Thank you!
Nice.
Good morning sir frame cutting machine what prices
If you mean the miter saw I used, check your local diy-store. A simple wooden miter-box should do the trick too.
Your wall paint colour code
good, but you did not show how to ensure frame is square. An important step.
With precisely cut miters, the frame becomes square by itself when glued together.
be surprised as always
why surprised?