Sunday, November 24, 2024

More Frame Making Tools

I will buy more used frame making tools over the next few days. The frames will be used for my Ambrotype, Platform -Palladium, salt and gelatin silver prints 

Facebook Story on the tools.

Tonight, I am buying more tools to help with the photography frame making. Got me a used BISCUIT JOINER delivered to work.
A fun tool. Basically, it cuts a hole in the wood, that you use to add a wooden biscuit with glue into. The wood biscuit expands as it dries and provides a much stronger joint connection at the miter (corner) of the frame. I think it will be very useful when I start making the big frames for the ULF Ambrotypes.
I don't want the frame to break in transport or fall apart on a gallery wall and let the ambrotype coming crashing down! The joiner should make things nice and strong. Am trusting woodworkers here, people who know more than I do, many recommend biscuits!

- Dewalt corded biscuit joiner. New price is $289 CAD. My used price will be $130 CAD with a delivery to work today.

Dewalt biscuit joiner

- A Dewalt cordless /20v circular saw. New price is $189 CAD. My used price with delivery to work is $80 CAD

20v cordless Dewalt circular saw

- 27 Bessey style clamps, $233 CAD, with delivery to my house. The new price for the same clamps would be at least 2 times higher.

- Craftsman minibus quit joiner. My used price is $30 CAD. This tool is no longer being made but is supposed to be a real gem.

I will use the biscuit joiners to add biscuits to the miter corners of my frames. Biscuits are supposed to add a ton of strength to glued joints.