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Making a printing frame

I made a printing frame for less than $10 using these two components:

A.

Mainstays – 8.5x11 Picture Frame – Black Front Loading Document Frame Wall Photo Frame - Walmart.com

Buy Mainstays – 8.5x11 Picture Frame – Black Front Loading Document Frame Wall Photo Frame at Walmart.com
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( 2 pieces)
and

B.

Simpson Strong-Tie LSTA 1-1/4 in. x 9 in. 20-Gauge Galvanized Strap Tie LSTA9 - The Home Depot

Simpson Strong-Tie - LSTA9 9 in. 20-Gauge Strap Tie - Used where plates or soles are cut, these straps are engineered for use on 1 1/2 in. wood members at wall intersections, and as ridge ties. - THD SKU# 333431
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(3 pieces)

There is a groove in A that allows B to be used as springs (after bending them at center.)


:Niranjan.
 

Thanks again, much appreciated
 
What you will be making is a reverse engineered copy of my old Century 10x12 hinged back contact frame. This is a work in progress. Although I do good work I would recommend that readers not make heir own till I have made a proof. Stand by. I'm working. I'll post the checked results directly.
 

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Generally speaking, complete agreement. Yet, in the past I’ve used both 4x5 and 8x10 vintage printing frames to get clean borders. Works both ways, actually.
 
BrianShaw said:
Generally speaking, complete agreement. Yet, in the past I’ve used both 4x5 and 8x10 vintage printing frames to get clean borders. Works both ways, actually.
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Currently I am masking my 8x10 negs off so that just the black border from the edge of the film prints. In order to do that I have to precisely lay the mat over the paper and neg. In a frame I would have to lay the mask down first then the neg and then put the bottom up coated paper down on it. It would be extremely difficult if not impossible to do that in a frame. But you do what you gotta do and it is great to love your tools.
 
I made my print frames out of Aluminum square tube section profiles linked in corners by their special corner pieces. Not that difficult to make them. They are quite solid. I've used some thicker glass for them and some hard plywood sheets on which I glued a sheet of cork. The great advantage of Al frames is that they can be used as paper presses, too.
 
I've finished the work. For the benefit of all, and for highest visibility in the search engines I will create a separate thread will all the pertinent files I generated, if the moderators allow.
 

That sounds like a great way to do it.

Anyone who knows how to make things out of wood won't make a frame that will give people splinters.
 

I need a hinged back to see how things are cooking in the sun....but essentially the same thing with a thick wooden hinged back.
 
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