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Thought I’d share this project with you all. Having made a nice cabinet for the downstairs cloakroom, I decided to make a mirror frame to go along with the theme. The wood is taken from the old Plum tree that we had to cut down a few years back. I left the logs outside for a couple of years to encourage some spalting. I’ve cut the timber into 1/8″ thick veneers and applied then to an old MDF circle I had left over from when is was building a Dalek. I then glued on every other panel before marking our the required angle so the sides pointed to the centre of the circle. I then had to remove the waste and individually measure and cut the panels for each gap. Everything was then taken down flush with a No.80 scraper and the edges sounded over with a spokeshave. Finally, a length of Oak was planed down ’till it was thin enough to bend around the edge and was glued in place with contact adhesive. Three coats of shellac and a bit of wax later and it’s on the wall. The mirror was glued onto the panel using grip fill. I don’t know if any of this is the right way of going about this sort of project but I had a lot of fun and learnt a great deal.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.8 June 2014 at 2:21 pm #58011This reminds me of a cuckoo clock I had to do it had shingles for the roof top, something I actually had a hard time doing because I couldn’t get the shingles right. I went outside and looked at roof tiles around my neigghbourhood and couldnt figure out what I was doing wrong. That was 12 years ago I hadn’t done one since so I would be in a lot of strife again if I did.
Good Job anyway.
9 June 2014 at 10:43 pm #58172I can see a lot of work went into that Jon.
Love the look
Of that plum wood. 😉
I have bent a couple bits of thin wood before by making wood damp then heating a piece of copper pipe in vice then started to train wood on heated pipe to desiered shape.
Also on edging could use damp rag and hot iron.
Glass is normally stuck with silicone, so it sort of allows for expansion and contraction in hot and cold situations.
I think gripfill allows for a little movement.10 June 2014 at 4:05 am #58186I like how it’s look, great work,very interesting.Thank you for posting, and sharing with us.
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