Spent the morning woodworking, making frames. Some success, some failure. Am using all my machines now. The table saw (it scares me), miter saw, router table, band saw, sanders, electric hand saw and planer.
I spent $2400 CAD or so on the tools. Now time to make some frames to balance the books. I hope to never have to buy an exhibition frame again.
There is a big learning curve, using all the machines safely, learning all the woodworking wordage and systems. Am watching many videos, plus working at it. We are getting there step by step. Getting good at this is like most things in life, it just requires dedication and effort.
Today’s success was this 8x10 frame made from garbage pallet wood. It was a slow process as I figured things out. I will sand and stain the frame to night. I think I will go with the Charcoal stain.
In the future I hope to be able to make the frames faster, with variety and more precision. These frame are for my Ambrotypes. I will also be making frames for the Gelatin Silver, Platinum and Salt prints.
Note* Today I made two frames from the one pallet.
