Progress

Because it was a visitation weekend I didnt get any shop time.
But I went home at lunchtime today and made some really great progress. And tonight should be just as good.
Trivets:
All of the corners have been splined. The excess has been cut off and the sides all run through the edge jointer and sanded. I set up a roundover bit in the router table and touched up all the tops. The plywood bottoms are cut to size and 3 of 5 have been installed. I ran out of screws, but picked some up on the way back to the office. Tonight all that will be left is to glue in the corks.
Picture frames:
I have scraped the excess glue from the corners of 5 out of 10 inner frames, then sanded the front face of those 5. No need to mess with the backs, since they will be against a wall, nor the outer edges, since they will be inside the outer frames. Tonight all of the inner frames should be ready for stain and finish. I am going to spline the corners of the outer frames, so there will be another couple of days until they are ready for stain and finish.
A good thing is that I have off from Wednesday through the end of the year.

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Picture frame progress

The inner frames have all been fitted into the outer. The outer frames have been splined. I am currently drilling shallow holes (using a Forstner bit) into the backs of the frames. These holes will allow me to recess pennies into them (I am also drilling holes in 100 pennies...10 pennies per frame). The pennies will be screwed to the cherry outer frame and pressure will hold the sycamore inner frame in place. I have mocked up one frame and this method works great. It will allow the frames to expand and contract without breaking apart.
So, now I need to drill 9 more frames and 90 more pennies. Then do the sanding, staining and finishing. All in just a couple of days. Boy, I HAVE to start in the summer next year. This will come down to the wire, which I didnt want to happen.

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