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Added a Frame made from ribbon sapele for the quilt my wife made for me (Crossover Project). I'll never make a frame this large with miter joints again. I ended up using inside corner angle brackets to get it to hold together, and I'm not at all happy with the joints.

Added a shelf for all my spectacles below it.  I resawed the shelf sapele on my table saw and ran it through the planer to flatten it. I didn't notice the tear out until I was applying finish (3 coats of MinWax Clear Semi-Gloss Urethane). Fortunately, the specs sit on that part and it really isn't all that noticeable. I haven't countersunk the shelf mounting screws or covered them with a plug, because I'm not sure I want to keep it.

They are both dead level and parallel to each other. They look crooked, but that's a tropical delusion caused by the lighting.

The Other Steven

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Looks really nice to me! Great collaboration with your wife. 
Agree very eye pleasing.    Wife did a good job as well.

Ron

Thanks, folks! She just made the quilt. The frame and shelf are afterthoughts on my part. Wife is very meticulous with the quilting. Like me with wood, I guess.

The Other Steven

The wood choice was excellent Steven! 
Fine addition for your part of the team effort.
Thanks! I bought a sapele plank at the Ventura Woodcraft not long before they closed down. Finally working down the wood I've bought.

The Other Steven

Nice addition to your project. I noticed your bestie hasn’t commented yet. I bet he will after this one. 

Dr. Quackner

The ribbon stripe Sapele is nice looking stuff. I can imagine the pain it was trying to keep a frame that big from moving around. Nice job
steven whats the size of that quilt ? wife did an excellent job, and your frame and shelf look fine to me.

working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

Thanks, guys! The quilt is 36" X 36".

The Other Steven

That's a big frame. nice job and the quilt is really nice.

"Duck and Bob would be out doin some farming with funny hats on." chrisstef

Thanks! I'll be sure to tell the wife!

The Other Steven

Steven
The frame looks great.
Can’t see any gaps in it miters.

I did a 4’ X 4’ frame for a friend’s map once.
Used Mahogany.
On the back side, I manually carved some rebates for metal L- brackets just in case.

I did the trim around our windows at the farm house. The biggest one is roughly 6’ X 10’.
It’s black walnut and it’s just glued mitered corners built just like a picture frame.
The only thing is they are so large, I did the glue up setting on the floor with a Merle band clamp.
After the glue dried, I basically snapped them into place around each window.
They were done and installed about 16 years ago and they’re still perfect!

Thanks, Gary! Maybe (yes) I'm too hard on myself.

The Other Steven

Yep, you are too hard on yourself.... I just finished 6 "coin frames" (300mm x 300mm) and had to use external splines to reinforce,,,

and hide the gaps.  But then again, yours is in imperial, which considerably raises the degree of difficulty.

Bit pissed (more than usual)... the urgent request by a "friend" be-for-e Christmas, is still waiting to be picked up... and people wonder why I'm such a miserable old grump.

If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD

Yeah, I get that "I need it now" and not coming to get it frustration.

I have a bunch of Gaboon ebony. I'm considering making corner blocks to help the look.

The Other Steven

The entire piece is beautiful.

.................. John D....................

Excellent piece!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day