Glass In Portrait Frames?

[Rapid Roger]

Are you making your own frames? If so, you can cut a groove the thickness of the glass on the inside of the frame pieces using a table saw and install the glass before assembly of the frame.

OR...You can glue some small "stop" strips to the inside of the frame to support the glass and then edge band the face to trap the glass between the strips and outer edge banding.

Hope that helps.

Rog

thangs Rog,

I wan to make it myself, but the first solution will not work for me, I have to paint the frame after it's glued.
and I don't want paint on the glass, so I guess the second one is better.

do you have pictures of that?

I haven't made any picture frames like the first method I tried to describe but, I use it on my boxes all the time. This is my burial urn shown upside down to give you the idea.



In your case of wanting to paint it, I would paint it before assembly. Just be careful about masking off the areas that will need glue and then you can touch up the corners if necessary after it is glued.

I'll try to find a picture of the second method using the backing strips. I know that I framed two stained glass windows not long ago with that method.

Be right back....

Rog

[Rapid Roger]

OK, I finally found a picture of the frame I made. It is a bit larger than yours probably and it may be hard to see the stops because of the paint and I put LED lights in between them but maybe you get the idea.
They are used at the top, bottom and both sides of the frame to keep the glass from falling inward.






This is the front of the frame. the trim strip keeps the glass from falling outward.





Does this help you understand?

Rog

[Marcellarius]

thanks Rog,
especially the last two pics are quit like what I want.

do you have the inside pics as well?

btw I loved that picture of the glider, did you build it?



looks awesome!

[Rapid Roger]

thanks Rog,
especially the last two pics are quit like what I want.

do you have the inside pics as well?

btw I loved that picture of the glider, did you build it?



looks awesome

Thank you.
Yes, I built that glider this spring as a retirement gift for my wife.
We had two awnings installed over our patio to get more use out of it and needed some place to sit and enjoy the summer.
It is made of aromatic cedar wood and I got the plans from Wood Magazine. I seldom use plans (altho I even changed them up a bit on this one by adding the drink holders and the angle on the back) but, this was a big enough project that I didn't want to start from scratch this time.


Rog