HOW TO CONSTRUCT A PICTURE FRAME - BASICS GUIDE

Choosing your toolsThe amount of tools required depends on what results you want to achieve. You can scrape through the very basics with some cheap and cheerful gear, but this often causes frustration. Adapting tools to jobs they are not specifically designed for often fails to do the job properly.However the right investment at this stage can leave you with not only very professional results, but tools that will continue to help you make really great frames. You only need very few tools to get started, but what you purchase is very important. Over the following pages we present a list of tools that will help you get started at whatever level you wish to begin.Choosing a saw Now it is critical that you choose a cutting device that won't let you down. Here we profile three, a simple mitre saw, a mitre trimmer and a professional mitre machine. 1 Mitre Saws