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   DanH | Dec 27, 2007 04:30pm | #1

   I'd think you'd hang the mirror first and then glue on the frame, either in one piece (pocket screw the corners?) or a piece at a time.

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   MikeCallahan | Dec 27, 2007 05:51pm | #2

   Try a half lap corner. I recently made a frame for a mirror using a half lap and it turned out real nice. I used a router to hog out the lap joint. I will try to post a photo later when I have time

   Mike Callahan, Lake Tahoe, Ca.
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   MikeHennessy | Dec 27, 2007 05:58pm | #3

   It really depends on the style you are looking for, but if you're talking mitered corners, you can use either biscuits, pocket screws or splines. You can glue the frame to the wall or find some studs and nail it. If it was me, I'd rabbet the frame to fit over the mirror rather than but up against the edge -- makes it look more like a frame and less like some wood glued on the wall around the mirror. ;-)

   Mike Hennessy
   Pittsburgh, PA

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   Piffin | Dec 27, 2007 07:54pm | #4

   I make a dado in the trim material first so that it laps over the glass about 3/16", then make the mitres. I would build the whole frame on a table first. Somebody mentioned biscuits or pocket screws. I glue with collins clamps.

   But it sounds like your tool supply might be limited, so just carpenters glue and a couple small finish nails can do it if you are carefull to watch the grain.

   Once made, even stained and varnished or painted, it slips right over the mirror and nails up easy.

   When I make the dado, I use some flat black paint to cover that edge so that you do not see a raw wood reflection in the mirror edge while you are shaving

    

    

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   Dave45 | Jan 05, 2008 12:56am | #15

   When I make the dado, I use some flat black paint to cover that edge....

   I used a black Magic Marker.  No matter what is used, this step is essential.  (Not that I've ever forgotten to do it! - lol)

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   MikeCallahan | Dec 29, 2007 06:06am | #5

   I would prefer a rabbet instead of a dado in case you have to replace the glass sometime later. You then will not have to take apart the frame. In my case the frame is worth much more than the glass. Here is a photo of my little project last summer. The frame is black walnut. The shape is inspired by some arts and crafts frames and windows. The mirror is 2' X 5'.

   Mike Callahan, Lake Tahoe, Ca.
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   Jebadia | Dec 29, 2007 07:47am | #6

   Nice work but I think I was appreciating your pooch more.

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   ToolFreakBlue | Dec 29, 2007 08:16am | #7

   whats the name of the German Shorthaired Pointer?Oh, Nice mirror tooTFB (Bill)

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   MikeCallahan | Jan 04, 2008 05:06am | #9

   That GSP is named Otto. I have two more GSPs. Here they are in action....Mike Callahan, Lake Tahoe, Ca.

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   ToolFreakBlue | Jan 04, 2008 06:08am | #10

   Good looking pack. My son wants to know what happens if Otto turns?
   I want to know how you stop?I'll get a recent pic of our boy, Pete and post it. He loves to run.
   TFB (Bill)

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   MikeCallahan | Jan 04, 2008 04:11pm | #11

   Otto is a great lead dog. He only goes where I tell him to go. He goes on by all distractions. Teaching them to stop is harder. The command "whoa" is usually only taken as a suggestion. You need good brakes on your wheeled rig and you have to ski well and know how to stop before you hook up to a dog team.
   I have been training sled dogs for about 15 years. The first dog is the hardest to train but subsequent dogs learn a lot faster from each other. Here is a pic from last week after work. I am on skis.Mike Callahan, Lake Tahoe, Ca.

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   ToolFreakBlue | Jan 04, 2008 10:11pm | #12

   Here's my boy

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   Taking a nap with his favorite light saber.

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   Waiting for the Christmas Parade to start.

   View ImageTFB (Bill)

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   ToolFreakBlue | Jan 04, 2008 10:23pm | #14

    

   He is a rescue and we don't know what his history is.   He was saved by a volunteer in Arkansas shelter (Humane Society of the Ozarks http://hsozarks.tripod.com/) sent to Dallas to recover after his heart worm treatments.  

   The foster family put him on Petfinder and my wife found him within 1 hour of the posting.

   He is absolutly the best dog we have ever had.

   He is black and white and as such not recognized by the AKC.  We have had two other GSPs and never knew there was a "deviation" in Black.   There happen to be 3 black and white GSPs in our neighbirhood and about 4 liver and white.

     

   TFB (Bill)

   Edited 1/4/2008 2:52 pm by ToolFreakBlue

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   user-51823 | Jan 04, 2008 10:22pm | #13

   nice mirror!
   otto is asking, "do these spots make my butt look big?"

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   ToolFreakBlue | Dec 29, 2007 08:20am | #8

   However you put it together, take Piffin's advice and paint the backside of the frame. It is quite visible through the glass of the mirror.

   TFB (Bill)