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1. 
   UncleDunc | Dec 31, 2003 09:38am | #1

   Google for

   "picture frame" point driver

   There are tools that look like staplers and tools that look like clamps.

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   forestgirl | Dec 31, 2003 10:02am | #2

   The tools you need falls under  "point drivers" and "brad pushers" which can be found here in the Rockler catalog.  I have the cheapest one, and it works well for non-production work.

   If you have a crafts store such as a Michael's in your neighborhood, you can probably find one there.

   forestgirl Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>)  you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)

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   TomT226 | Dec 31, 2003 02:49pm | #3

   I've used the glazer point tool a lot, and have found that they sometimes bend in oak or maple frames. There is a solution.

   Place your glass, mat(s), and backing in the frame. Press down gently on the assembly and make pencil marks on the inside of the frame where you want the points to be placed. Remove glazing, mats, and picture from the frame. Take a sharp awl and make a hole on your pencil marks. Replace the picture, mats, and glazing. Get some small headless finishing nails and tap them into the holes you made with the awl. If the mails are proud of the backing, gently bend them into contact.

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   Steinmetz | Dec 31, 2003 04:39pm | #4

   SBerruezo, If you resort to tacking brads, lay the brads flat to the glass or backing material and slide the hammer along the glass/ backing to avoid breaking the glass . You might try using a tinners hammer which is flattened on it's sides.  Stein.

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   YesMaam27577 | Jan 01, 2004 12:04am | #5

   I just finished making a picture frame out of some birdseye maple. It was made to fit a specific piece of beveled glass that is rather large and heavy (about 20 X 56).

   Due to the weight, I didn't want to depend on glaziers points or brads. Instead, I mounted fender washers with screws. The washers extend about 3/8" over the edge of the glass-and-backing.

   I forget which of the magazines I saw this trick in -- or maybe it was one of the TV shows.

   Vast projects should not be founded on half vast ideas.