Miscellaneous.

Progress, Volume VI, Issue 11, 1 September 1911, Page 800

Miscellaneous.

Picture-Frame Outfit.

A device for holding the moulding while nailing and gluing which is practical can be easily made. The clamps can be secured from the top of two old clothes wringers by sawing three inches on either side of the screws. The base of the device should be a 2in. hardwood plank about 18 x 22 inches. A board 6 x 8 and % inch thick should be glued and screwed to the base. Bolt the clamps to the base, leaving sufficient space between the ends of the screws and the holding board to place the widest mould which one would use for any frame. This space must not be too wide, for the screw has a tendency to spring up when heavy pressure is applied. Small blocks are to he used when narrow moulding is being held, or on any moulding which the end of the screw would dent. The difficulty in making frames is in holding the pieces firmly together while nailing. With a little practice as good a joint can be made on this machine as with a bought device, if one has a true mitre box.