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A pair of mirrors

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My wife asked me to make a pair of large mirrors. She bought two IKEA mirrors as she reckoned they were cheaper than buying mirror glass (I'll have to take her word for that). This is the IKEA version:

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I did some dimensions/cutting list:

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Each side of the frame was to be made up of three components - an inside bead, a flat section and an outer, moulded, part.

Using a board of oak left over from my table build, I made three piles of components:

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I then forgot to take any photos until the end...

However, to cut a long story short, I routed the bead and the moulded out shape and then glued the three parts together. Here's one of the glue ups.

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The mitres were done with a chop saw and then hand planed using a guide block (they were too large to tackle with a shooting board). At this point, I decided to cut one of the short sides about 2" too short which was annoying. It transpired that having carefully marked the length (on the shorter inner face), I then made a knife mark straight around - i.e. forgetting the 45 deg angle - and cut it there.

The corners were joined with dominos - I managed to get a couple of 5x40 dominos in each corner.

The finished frames looked like this:

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Partly to help hold the glass in, but also to discourage the sides from bowing out, I dovetailed in a couple of cross-braces. These are only screwed in so that they can be removed if the glass ever needs to be changed.

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I'm using the hanging mounts from the IKEA 'donors'.

In the workshop:

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And on the wall:

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Hopefully you agree that they look better than the MDF IKEA frames, which are now on the bonfire...
 
Cabinetman said:
I like the moulding design and the colour, did I miss what you finished them in?
But I do think you may need something to hold the glass still whilst they are cleaned for example.
Ian
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They're finished with matt Osmo PolyX. There isn't any stain, but some of the oak is naturally quite dark.

I used some glazier's points to hold the top and bottom of the glass. The braces hold the rest of it still. It seems OK when cleaning, but I could do something else (eg picture frame tape) if necessary.
 
You have made some rather plain IKEA framed mirrors into something very stylish and attractive to look at and I like your moulding. I have a mirror in the loft with a very unattactive mould around it, I'd like to copy your desin sometime.
Mark
 
Mike G said:
Classy, Nick. I like the carpenter's marks.
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I learnt when marking a garden arbour/trellis why roman numerals are used. What is the highest number that can be made with a straight chisel, ie no curves?

Nice mirrors and an interesting tip for sourcing the glass.
 
AndyP said:
What is the highest number that can be made with a straight chisel, ie no curves?
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I think this depends on how strict you are about "proper" Roman numerals and much space you've got rather than curves.

Some of the lower numbers arguably have curves (D, C), but can be written something like:

Code: 
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|/  |͟

How about MMMMMMMMMM for 10,0000? I've also seen overlines (meaning ×1000) used for bigger numbers, e.g. V̅ is 5,000 and M̅ is 1,000,000. In that case you could get to very high values very quickly, e.g. M̅M̅M̅ for 3 million. Is that high enough for you? If not, you could write M̅M̅M̅×M̅M̅M̅ (with a small cross × meaning "times" rather than a big cross X meaning 10) giving you 9×10¹² ;) Without doing anything mathematical I think the "proper" limit is 3,999,999.

The value would get rather long if you needed a very specific number though, e.g. 3,789,421 would be (I think):

M̅M̅M̅D̅C̅C̅L̅X̅X̅X̅I̅X̅CDXXI
 
Apologies Nick
Dr.Al said:
I think this depends on how strict you are about "proper" Roman numerals and much space you've got rather than curves.

Some of the lower numbers arguably have curves (D, C), but can be written something like:

Code: 
|\  |̅
|/  |͟

How about MMMMMMMMMM for 10,0000? I've also seen overlines (meaning ×1000) used for bigger numbers, e.g. V̅ is 5,000 and M̅ is 1,000,000. In that case you could get to very high values very quickly, e.g. M̅M̅M̅ for 3 million. Is that high enough for you? If not, you could write M̅M̅M̅×M̅M̅M̅ (with a small cross × meaning "times" rather than a big cross X meaning 10) giving you 9×10¹² ;) Without doing anything mathematical I think the "proper" limit is 3,999,999.

The value would get rather long if you needed a very specific number though, e.g. 3,789,421 would be (I think):

M̅M̅M̅D̅C̅C̅L̅X̅X̅X̅I̅X̅CDXXI
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Of course Al but how many carpenters would need to leave a numbered mark beyond 99?
 
AndyP said:
Of course Al but how many carpenters would need to leave a numbered mark beyond 99?
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I agree entirely, but you did ask what the highest number was!

I doubt anyone would even get as far as 99 (XCIX, although I imagine a carpenter would be tempted to use IC instead for ease). If I ever got anywhere near there, I think I'd be using more descriptive names written on bits of masking tape.
 
meccarroll said:
You have made some rather plain IKEA framed mirrors into something very stylish and attractive to look at and I like your moulding. I have a mirror in the loft with a very unattactive mould around it, I'd like to copy your desin sometime.
Mark
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It's quite easy to do some fairly elaborate designs with a couple of router bits.

I've got a picture frame to do as well so need to come up with something for that too.
 
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