Here’s instructions for how I made a picture frame, along with a webapp to help facilitate the measurements for future picture frames.

The tools I used are

  • ruler
  • table saw
  • miter saw
  • band clamp

Materials I used

  • scrap plank, 3/4” thick
  • picture hanger
  • plexiglass / glass
  • cardboard
  • wood glue

Here’s the webapp where you can figure out particular measurements. The width I used for this frame was 1” and the picture size was 5” x 7”. First I cut a 1+5/16” piece Placeholder

And then proceeded to cut two grooves in it, at 3/16” deep and 5/16” deep. Placeholder

Then I turned the piece sideways, and cut to the depth of the 3/16” groove– cutting out the backside Placeholder

I cut two slats to hold the picture frame in from the back instead Placeholder

Then glued the pieces together, clamped it with a band clamp, cut cardboard to 5” x 7”, and screwed in the picture hanger mount Placeholder

Cut a piece of plastic, plexiglass, glass, etc. and put it right on in Placeholder