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Step 10 – Constructing the Frame part 2 – Making a Rectangle

Putting your laminated edges together to form a complete frame is not too tricky.  Firstly let’s make sure that the joints are all perfect and ready.  Remove any glue blobs or stray wood with a super sharp chisel.  The joints want to be completely square and tight, so don’t slip.

Do a dry run to check the fit.

To get an exact 90 degree join I used a pretty hefty mitre clamp, designed for welding jobs.  I then clamped up an arrangement to pull the joint tight. As I didn’t have long enough clamps, this involved using some clamps as anchor points, from which to brace the clamps that were actually working directly on the joint.

All right, now we are getting there.  The diagonal bits are holding the corners square.

View from the top.

Below: one of the last glue-ups on the fixed frame – an outer piece (you can see it missing in the right of the pic above).

As you can see, this takes up a good deal of the room down here.

The final frame glue-up. I had to move it about a bit, to get to it.  Here you can see it having to be leant over – one of the annoying things about the up and over garage door is that it restricts height a lot.  Ahh, it will be so nice to have the doors instead.