My wife is a crafty person, she also has dabbled in various crafts over the years. At one point she made these 6x8 tiles, basically used the kiln to fire on tile decals. Kinda tricky work as the temperatures and time need to be exacting.
So time to do something with them.
For framing, I created the basic style and pieces in a drafting program. Ideally I wanted the frame to overlap the tiles slightly (0.2 inches in this case). The tiles are attached to a backer board, but glue can fail so I wanted to be extra secure.
Frames are about 9"x 12" .
The rails and styles interlock. With the shapes and all, I wanted to use router templates for a good fit up. Great thing to do with a laser!
1/8" MDF (Sorry LBD!) yielded what I needed.
With these double sided taped to the band sawn pieces, I could form the required shapes and half lap joint pockets. Thinnest piece is the bar at the top of the tile, then the sides are about 1/8" thicker followed by the top/bottom being 3/4" thick
Pockets were cut with a 1/2" hinge mortise bit.
Advantage of using templates for everything (even the back panel) is no need to square up corners with a chisel.
Frame #1 is all walnut, some walnut burl veneer for the narrow space at the top
Once again you have designed a project that has a WOW effect. The tiles are very pretty and the frames work nicely with them. A win for team splintergroup!
I also like the cherry "best" and thinking about leaving it in the sun to get the red better, The walnut has some great figure that doesn't photograph too well with my light source however.
BB, wish I had a real team! The rest of the group is just my shop squirrel and all he does is crap on my red oak in the lean to outside. (does that count)?
Cool project in both frame and tile (great job SWMBO)... it is for that same reason that I spruik cutting capabilities of any laser with cutting limitations.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
