![]() I glued each corner, and made sure to get some into the holes and inserted the dowels. I applied glueto one corner at a time to give me time to get everything together. So it is handy to have a second set of hands for this if possible. Once all your holes are drilled on each end of each piece, it’s time to glue up. Just make sure that you always line up the jig in the same location on each piece. I lined the edge of my dowel jigon the INSIDE corner of the miter on each piece and clamped in place while I drilled the holes. You can get more details on this in my DIY cabinet door post here. They need to align perfectly or your DIY picture frame will be crooked or unsquare. Next, I sanded all the boards well (this is easier to do now, before you start assembling), and used a ⅜″ dowel jigto drill dowel holes ¾″ deep into each corner.Īs always, with dowels, make sure that your holes CORRESPOND when you drill them. Step 3: Drill Dowel Holes in Frame Corners ![]() Then I cut 2 pieces the same way, but with length equal to the height from step 1. I adjusted the miter angle on my miter saw to 45 degrees and cut 2 pieces with miters NOT parallel so that the total length (long end to long end) equaled the width from step 1. Height= height of picture + (2 x height of mat) + (2 x width of frame) – ¾″įor reference, I made my mat 3″ wide on each side of the picture and I used 1x3s for the frame which are 2 ½″ wide. Width=width of picture + (2 x width of mat) + (2 x width of frame) – ¾″ Then the formula for your board lengths is: ![]() I’ll share the formula to figure it out.įirst, you need the dimensions of the picture you are framing, the width of the mat you want around the picture, and lastly, the width of wood you want your frame pieces to be. Your picture frame size will depend on the size of the picture you are framing and the size of the mat that you want. Step 1: Determine the Size of Your Custom Picture Frame
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