Making Picture Frames Using A Router

Round over bit a classic ogee bit and a 3 4 in.

Making picture frames using a router. Install the inch straight bit. The most important part is getting the height of the bit exactly right. How to make a picture frame using a wood router. Making picture frames is really a fairly simple project if you don t miscalculate your size and crack your already assembled frame with a router bit haha and it could save you hundreds of dollars vs buying a custom size frame.

Setting up the machine. The final frame is the most complex but it s actually fairly easy to make. A total of four router bits were used to make the two picture frames above. Rout all the pieces glue the inlay and then cut the miters.

The frame is made on a router table using a rabbet bit. The 56 515 router bit fits for the inlay strip because it. You could also do the work using a or larger straight bit. I like to use contrasting woods in this case riftsawn white oak with a purpleheart inlay.

Make this frame profile using three standard router bits. The contemporary frame used only a straight bit and a chamfering bit. Making picture frames with a router is very simple using this technique. Start with the same router bits and process as above then using the 56 515 picture and mirror frame router bit profile you ll cut a separate strip that will be inlaid into a groove in the face of the frame.