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How to build a picture frame?

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Rachel Ellis

Published Jun 24, 2026

How to build a picture frame?

Make or Acquire Art. Make something brilliant,or find someone who has and is willing to sell it to you for a reasonable price.

  • Select Wood. Measure your picture and draw out a rough frame schematic,then go and find some beautiful hardwood lumber.
  • Trim Lumber.
  • Cut Boards.
  • Sand Boards.
  • Measure and Mitre Cut.
  • Prepare for Biscuit Cutting.
  • Make Biscuit Cuts.

    • How do you make a picture frame?

    Picture frames can be made of many materials. To make traditional wood frames, go to a home store’s moulding area and find the kind called “picture frame moulding.”. It will have an area hollowed out in back, forming a recess to hold the artwork.

    How to make a picture frame?

    Setting the table saw at 1-1/2″ (from the blade to the fence), rip the wood board into two 4-foot-long pieces.

  • With a router, cut a 1/2″ x 1/2″ rabbet—that is, a rectilinear groove—along one of the long sides of each of the two pieces.
  • Use a miter saw to cut one end of both boards at a 45-degree angle, being careful to make sure that the rabbet runs along what is to become the inside of the frame.
  • Measure the longer side of the picture you are going to frame; add 1/16″ to that measurement.
  • Assemble the four pieces into a rectangular shape, remembering always to position the rabbet groove to the inside.
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    • How to build wood picture frames?

    Install an 80-tooth carbide blade in your power saw. Most power saws come with a 40-tooth blade. You need 80-teeth or more to cut picture frame moulding.

  • Press the moulding against the back of the fence with the ornamented side up and the rabbet (in-cut) side of the frame facing toward you.
  • Slide the moulding down the fence extension to the point on the scale that denotes the size you want to reduce it to.
  • Lower the spinning blade through the moulding to make a mitered (45° angle) cut.
  • Test the pairs of frame sections for exact length by laying the frames on their backs and lining up the miters.
  • Put a dot of wood glue on the miter face. (Do not use Gorilla Glue). Then clamp two mitered moulding sections into a corner clamp.
  • A V-Nail is a V-shaped staple with a sharpened edge. Place it on the nose of the frame joiner sharpened edge down.
  • The nose of the frame joiner is a magnetic pin protruding from a black cylinder. The V-Nail with cling to it.
  • Turn the clamp over so the moulding is ornamented side down. Slide the moulding under the magnetic nose of the joiner (red arrow).
  • Arrange the V-Nail so the wings are on either side of the seam and press down on the lever.
  • The V-Nail sinks into the wood until it is flush.

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