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Morso not required!
Posted: Thu 17 Jan, 2019 10:03 am
by David McCormack
Re: Morso not required!
Posted: Thu 17 Jan, 2019 10:09 am
by prospero
I thought of doing something like that using poly moulding. I didn't though.
Re: Morso not required!
Posted: Fri 01 Feb, 2019 9:31 am
by Jo
I had a frame that looked like the third one brought into me last year for re-framing. Poly moulding hanging above the fireplace, the customer had lit a candle on the mantelpiece underneath it....
Re: Morso not required!
Posted: Fri 01 Feb, 2019 1:07 pm
by prospero
I did once try to make an arch-top frame for a mirror using poly moulding. Heated the top rail and bent it on a former.
Worked up to a point. You really need a oven.
Re: Morso not required!
Posted: Fri 01 Feb, 2019 9:56 pm
by poliopete
Years ago, long before poly moulding, I too tried to make an arch-top frame. I spent hours making fine saw cuts in the moulding starting from the rebate and stopping halfway through the stick, the cuts spaced evenly along a 2' length. To make the wood more pliable I held the length over a boiling kettle hoping the steam would soften the wood, allowing the length to bend by closing the saw cuts.
The theory was sound enough
but the whole exercise was a complete failure and a total waste of time
Re: Morso not required!
Posted: Sat 02 Feb, 2019 10:20 am
by prospero
When I started off I made an hexagonal frame with my trusty Nobex saw. 35 years later and I have never made another.
And I still have the frame.