Thursday

Today I started working on my frame.  In order to do this I had to turn this one piece of wood

into these four peices which will become the frame itself

So heres how I did it

First I measured out rough lengths for each piece.

Next I used the radial arm saw to cut the rough lengths.

Now I have two boards the longer one will end up being the two longer sides of the frame and the shorter of the two will be the top and bottom of the frame.

Now I used the joiner to square one edge of each board because that way they will fit tight on the fence of the table saw and when I cut the rough widths they will be even.

                                                     

After one edge of each board was square I cut the rough widths on the table saw.   

                                                 

Then I went back to the joiner to join one face to one edge (Normally you would join the face before you cut the widths but the joiner at our house is too small to fit the whole board).

Once the edge is square to the face I went back to the table saw and cut the exact width for each piece.  This video is poor quality but it shows what it needs to.

And now I have the four sides for my frame