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THE WORLD'S ADVANCE 



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The Tools Required for the Making of Frames, as well as Details of the Work in the Various Stages. 



and both fastened together, as at F , 

 though a finished moulding should be 

 held in the vise as at E. This is the 

 most difficult part of the entire frame, as 

 only one joint can be nailed at a time, 

 which necessitates turning the entire 

 frame while one joint is unsecured, and 

 the other has but one nail in it. In nail- 

 ing the first joint an allowance for slid- 

 ing should be made. 



The frame should be allowed to stand 

 until the glue has hardened, after which 

 the corners may be trimmed, the bare 

 wood touched with stain, and the frame 

 repolished with a light application of 

 wax; if made of unfinished wood, it 

 should be stained and finished at this 

 time. 



Lay the face of the frame upon a piece 

 of cloth to prevent its being marred, and 

 measure it for the glass. If its sight is 

 less. than 20 inches in its largest dimen- 

 sion, single strength glass will generally 

 be satisfactory, but if larger, double 

 strength may be necessary. The glass 

 should be thoroughly cleaned, and unless 

 it is perfectly straight it should be laid in 

 the rabbet with its concave, or hollow 

 side, toward the front of the frame. The 

 picture should be laid face downward 

 upon the glass, and a cushion, the same 

 size as the picture, made of several sheets 

 of smoothly folded paper, placed upon it 

 to hold the picture smoothly against the 

 glass, after which a back of thin wood 

 or cardboard should be fitted closely 



