Week 19

This week I continued working on my frame project. I decided on which design I wanted to use at the start of the week. I then lasercut the outermost layer of the frame. Once I had that, I brought the print I am going to be framing into the shop. Unfortunately I overestimated how big it would be and made the frame too big. The frame was about an inch too big on all four sides. I spent a good amount of time figuring out the measurements and what I needed to change in order to get the frame to be the right size for the print. I also needed to adjust the filets on the corners of the frame in order to fit the print.

The print in the old frame

The print in the new frame

I spent the second half of the week measuring and readjusting the frame. I made the sizes smaller, allowing the print to fit. I also made the frame thinner on top and bottom because I realized that the sides were thinner than the top on bottom on the cardboard as you can see to the right below. On Thursday I was able to cut out a cardboard version of the frame with new measurements which you can see above. As you can see it fits the print much better which will help hold it in place. Next I would like to cut out the back where the frame will hang from to make sure that it will hang well.

New frame with even sides

The old frame with uneven sides