Frame Designer

Picture frame cut lists for nine ways to join a corner

Front view

Tap a yellow dimension to change it

Size you set Calculated Hidden joinery and rabbet

Assembled Apart Drag to turn it

Size

Calculate

Measure the inside by

Artwork width Artwork height

Outside width Outside height

Stiles Top rail Bottom rail

Same width all round

Stiles are the sides; rails are the top and bottom. Type fractions as 11 3/4 or 11-3/4, or metric like 298 mm.

Stock and rabbet

Stock thickness Fit allowance

Rabbet width (lip) Rabbet depth

The rabbet is the step behind the frame that holds the glass, art and backer. The fit allowance is the total play around the glass.

Joint

Runs through to the corner

Mat Add a mat around the artwork

Sides Top Bottom

Window overlaps the image by

Cutting

Board length Saw kerf

End trim per board Frames to make

Cut each frame in order so the grain wraps the corners Round to