SWMBO had a large mirror with a metal frame that she didn't like. A few days
ago, she asked me to make her a new wooden frame.
Requirement was for something that looked as though it was made 150 years
ago by somebody living in a bush shanty, who had only an axe and a chisel
and no woodworking skills.
This was the result:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32473839@N02
SWMBO was delighted with the it, (complete with bent rusty nails.) Oldest
daughter saw it and now wants one too ....... amazing ...... I have a shed
full of woodworking tools and machinery, yet this is what they want. : )
Bewildered in Oz
If you have even a very inexpensive wet saw, you can make a very
creative mirror "frame" using marble or slate. In our mountain
cabin, we had an entry that really needed a nice mirror. At Home
Depot, I purchased a 24 X 36" plate glass mirror (no bevel) and
glued it to the wall of the entry way, using 8d nails into the
drywall beneath the mirror to support it until the glue dried.
The following day, I bought and ripped some slate floor tile that
matched the colors of a fireplace in an adjoining room. I ripped
the 12" slate tiles into 1", 2" and 3" pieces and then began
surrounding the mirror with them, cut to random lengths. I began
with the 1" surrounding the mirror, using Liquid Nails as the
adhesive and straight pins to hold the slate pieces onto the
drywall until the Liquid Nails set. Making sure no seams were the
same, I then moved to the 2" pieces using the same technique,
followed by the 3" ones. That gave me a 6" surround, which looked
just fine.
No attempt was made to grout any gaps and the slightly rustic look
of the irregular seams was perfect for what I wanted to do.
--
Nonny
Have you ever wondered if the bills
in your wallet were ever in a stripper's butt crack?
Have a nice day ..
"diggerop" <toobusy@themoment> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> SWMBO had a large mirror with a metal frame that she didn't like. A few
> days ago, she asked me to make her a new wooden frame.
>
> Requirement was for something that looked as though it was made 150 years
> ago by somebody living in a bush shanty, who had only an axe and a chisel
> and no woodworking skills.
> This was the result:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/32473839@N02
>
> SWMBO was delighted with the it, (complete with bent rusty nails.) Oldest
> daughter saw it and now wants one too ....... amazing ...... I have a shed
> full of woodworking tools and machinery, yet this is what they want. : )
>
> Bewildered in Oz
Red Green would be proud of you.
Where is the duct tape and baling wire?
LOL
In article <[email protected]>, diggerop
<toobusy@themoment> wrote:
> SWMBO had a large mirror with a metal frame that she didn't like. A few days
> ago, she asked me to make her a new wooden frame.
>
> Requirement was for something that looked as though it was made 150 years
> ago by somebody living in a bush shanty, who had only an axe and a chisel
> and no woodworking skills.
> This was the result:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/32473839@N02
>
> SWMBO was delighted with the it, (complete with bent rusty nails.) Oldest
> daughter saw it and now wants one too ....... amazing ...... I have a shed
> full of woodworking tools and machinery, yet this is what they want. : )
>
> Bewildered in Oz
>
You didn't hand-forge the nails?
On Nov 3, 8:25=A0pm, "diggerop" <toobusy@themoment> wrote:
> SWMBO had a large mirror with a metal frame that she didn't like. A few d=
ays
> ago, she asked me to make her a new wooden frame.
>
> Requirement was for something that looked as though it was made 150 years
> ago by somebody living in a bush shanty, who had only an axe and a chisel
> and no woodworking skills.
> This was the result:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/32473839@N02
>
> SWMBO was delighted with the it, (complete with bent rusty nails.) Oldest
> daughter saw it and now wants one too ....... amazing ...... I have a she=
d
> full of woodworking tools and machinery, yet this is what they want. =A0:=
)
>
> Bewildered in Oz
Interesting.
"Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "diggerop" <toobusy@themoment> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> SWMBO had a large mirror with a metal frame that she didn't like. A few
>> days ago, she asked me to make her a new wooden frame.
>>
>> Requirement was for something that looked as though it was made 150 years
>> ago by somebody living in a bush shanty, who had only an axe and a chisel
>> and no woodworking skills.
>> This was the result:
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/32473839@N02
>>
>> SWMBO was delighted with the it, (complete with bent rusty nails.) Oldest
>> daughter saw it and now wants one too ....... amazing ...... I have a
>> shed full of woodworking tools and machinery, yet this is what they want.
>> : )
>>
>> Bewildered in Oz
>
> I stared and stared... Is it cherry? Maybe I'm not looking at it at the
> right angle?
> To your credit, you were successful in meeting the requirements
> specification--and
> the mirror is still in one piece too! : )
>
> Bill
>
I have no idea what the wood is. It was transit protection for a
telecommunications cable drum.
It's predominantly sapwood, *very* light, splits easily, quite soft.
The fragile appearance is an illusion, the frame is a lot more robust than
it appears, - triangular 3 ply backing gussets on the joints, screwed and
glued. I cheated on the rebate for the mirror, - used a router.
It was an interesting experience taking care to make something deliberately
rough. More work involved in that than doing it properly.
diggerop
"Steve Turner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> diggerop wrote:
>> SWMBO had a large mirror with a metal frame that she didn't like. A few
>> days ago, she asked me to make her a new wooden frame.
>>
>> Requirement was for something that looked as though it was made 150 years
>> ago by somebody living in a bush shanty, who had only an axe and a chisel
>> and no woodworking skills.
>> This was the result:
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/32473839@N02
>>
>> SWMBO was delighted with the it, (complete with bent rusty nails.) Oldest
>> daughter saw it and now wants one too ....... amazing ...... I have a
>> shed full of woodworking tools and machinery, yet this is what they want.
>> : )
>>
>> Bewildered in Oz
>
> Now WHOA there pardner! You're not coming in here expecting some kind of
> answer for this "bewildered" condition you're describing, are you?
>
> --
> "Even if your wife is happy but you're unhappy, you're still happier
> than you'd be if you were happy and your wife was unhappy." - Red Green
> To reply, eat the taco.
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboyee/
Heh. I was hoping there was a "Woman Whisperer" in the group who could
explain the strange behaviour of these woman critturs.
diggerop
On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:25:07 +0800, the infamous "diggerop"
<toobusy@themoment> scrawled the following:
>SWMBO had a large mirror with a metal frame that she didn't like. A few days
>ago, she asked me to make her a new wooden frame.
>
>Requirement was for something that looked as though it was made 150 years
>ago by somebody living in a bush shanty, who had only an axe and a chisel
>and no woodworking skills.
>This was the result:
>
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/32473839@N02
>
>SWMBO was delighted with the it, (complete with bent rusty nails.) Oldest
>daughter saw it and now wants one too ....... amazing ...... I have a shed
>full of woodworking tools and machinery, yet this is what they want. : )
>
>Bewildered in Oz
I think that's the "It looks like I built it myself!" crew who likes
those rrrrustic styles. <shiver>
--
"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of
ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."
-- Thomas Jefferson
diggerop wrote:
> SWMBO had a large mirror with a metal frame that she didn't like. A few
> days ago, she asked me to make her a new wooden frame.
>
> Requirement was for something that looked as though it was made 150
> years ago by somebody living in a bush shanty, who had only an axe and a
> chisel and no woodworking skills.
> This was the result:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/32473839@N02
>
> SWMBO was delighted with the it, (complete with bent rusty nails.)
> Oldest daughter saw it and now wants one too ....... amazing ...... I
> have a shed full of woodworking tools and machinery, yet this is what
> they want. : )
>
> Bewildered in Oz
Now WHOA there pardner! You're not coming in here expecting some kind of answer for this
"bewildered" condition you're describing, are you?
--
"Even if your wife is happy but you're unhappy, you're still happier
than you'd be if you were happy and your wife was unhappy." - Red Green
To reply, eat the taco.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboyee/
"diggerop" <toobusy@themoment> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> SWMBO had a large mirror with a metal frame that she didn't like. A few
> days ago, she asked me to make her a new wooden frame.
>
> Requirement was for something that looked as though it was made 150 years
> ago by somebody living in a bush shanty, who had only an axe and a chisel
> and no woodworking skills.
> This was the result:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/32473839@N02
>
> SWMBO was delighted with the it, (complete with bent rusty nails.) Oldest
> daughter saw it and now wants one too ....... amazing ...... I have a shed
> full of woodworking tools and machinery, yet this is what they want. : )
>
> Bewildered in Oz
I stared and stared... Is it cherry? Maybe I'm not looking at it at the
right angle?
To your credit, you were successful in meeting the requirements
specification--and
the mirror is still in one piece too! : )
Bill
diggerop wrote:
> "Steve Turner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> diggerop wrote:
>>> SWMBO was delighted with the it, (complete with bent rusty nails.)
>>> Oldest daughter saw it and now wants one too ....... amazing ...... I
>>> have a shed full of woodworking tools and machinery, yet this is what
>>> they want. : )
>>>
>>> Bewildered in Oz
>>
>> Now WHOA there pardner! You're not coming in here expecting some kind
>> of answer for this "bewildered" condition you're describing, are you?
>
> Heh. I was hoping there was a "Woman Whisperer" in the group who could
> explain the strange behaviour of these woman critturs.
>
> diggerop
Shhyeeah. Like one of *those* exists! :-)
--
Free bad advice available here.
To reply, eat the taco.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboyee/
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:08:13 -0600, the infamous Steve Turner
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>diggerop wrote:
>> "Steve Turner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> diggerop wrote:
>>>> SWMBO was delighted with the it, (complete with bent rusty nails.)
>>>> Oldest daughter saw it and now wants one too ....... amazing ...... I
>>>> have a shed full of woodworking tools and machinery, yet this is what
>>>> they want. : )
>>>>
>>>> Bewildered in Oz
>>>
>>> Now WHOA there pardner! You're not coming in here expecting some kind
>>> of answer for this "bewildered" condition you're describing, are you?
>>
>> Heh. I was hoping there was a "Woman Whisperer" in the group who could
>> explain the strange behaviour of these woman critturs.
>>
>> diggerop
>
>Shhyeeah. Like one of *those* exists! :-)
I usually get slapped for the things I whisper to women. <shrug>
--
"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of
ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."
-- Thomas Jefferson