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   RichClark | Feb 01, 2010 10:30pm | #1

   There is a current thread talking about framing - I suspect none use the nail your referring to I use mitered M/T joints on mine.

   Thread is "Looking for a good introductory book on making picture frames"

   Rich

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   cowtown | Feb 11, 2010 11:29pm | #6

   rich,,,

   you was saying...

   "I suspect none use the nail your referring to I use mitered M/T joints on mine."

   sorry, yer wrong. I use em. Wo it seems do others.

   Work OK for what they are intended for.

   Mitred MT joints on thin stock don't work so well...

   Eric in Calgary

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   BigK | Feb 09, 2010 11:56am | #2

   Those v-nails that you asked about do work very well for mitered picture frames. The nails will actually pull the two pieces tighter a little bit. Using the v-nails means that your frames don't have to stay clamped and completely undisturbed until your glue dries, and they do reinforce what is a weak glue joint (end grain-end grain).

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   RalphBarker | Feb 09, 2010 12:19pm | #3

   It might also be helpful to remember that frame shops need to put a greater emphasis on productivity than does the average "fine" woodworker, who may be more interested in the aesthetics of the joint.

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   zgmc | Feb 09, 2010 07:43pm | #4

   Go to this website

   http://www.collinstool.com/base.php?page=tools.htm

   The miter clamps are great for trim, especially crown moulding.

   If you do any coping at all, I would also recommend the coping foot.

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   stantheman | Feb 11, 2010 09:02pm | #5

   I use them in home shop for frames. Works fine. I used to use splined miters, and the v nails are neater and less distracting aesthetically, since they are not visible from front or side. They look cheap on commerical frames when the miters are sloppy, and the joints re not glued.

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   byhammerandhand | Feb 12, 2010 06:25pm | #7

   Speed, i.e., efficiency, i.e., profitability.

   http://www.fletcherviscom.com/news/JimMiller_CornerPro.pdf

   http://www.pictureframingmagazine.com/pdfs/equipment/Mar99_joiningequip.pdf

   I visited the local branch of one of the major frame suppliers recently. They took me on a quick tour of the back room. They had a machine that was a jig holding a PC 390 router that cut a little dovetail slot in the back of each part of the frame. Then they had a little hourglass shaped plastic "dutchman" you simply pressed into the slots from the back. This was how they sent out their "chops" (pre-cut and pre-mitered frame stock).