White oak mirror for my friend’s wedding.
Congratulations Sam & Maggie!
Blueprints
Selecting and cutting
Look at those ray flecks!
Visualizing
Cutting the tenons
Mmm…tenons
Drawing out the arch
Cutting the arch
Preparing the mortises.
Mortises drilled.
Dry fitting.
Glued
CNC Routed
Routing the inner perimeter
Squaring the corners
Squaring the corners
Sanding (for hours)
Ready for stain
Staining
Staining
Staining
Wiping off
Drying
Drying
Cutting out the backing.
Backing and frame
It fits!
Nailing in the backing…
…very carefully.
Hanging hardware
Twisting the wire
Cracked the glass…had to dig out those 20 tiny nails, get new mirrored glass, and repeat the process.
Complete
Complete
This one’s for the mirror shattering.
Making Wood Dust 