Okay, building a frame for your canvas is sooooo super easy. Honest. First pick the straightest lumber you can. Don't be shy dig through the 1x2's until you get good boards. They are only .98 cents each, but you can't use the bent nasty ones.
Now I am not sure how I ever did this without the Kreg jig, but I did... It was harder. But I built many without this wonderful thing.
I drill the short sides, top and bottom.
Make sure that the boards line out and each corner is square.
I check with the boards upright but I couldn't get a photo that way. Then I hold the board and drill the screws pushing the board tight. This gives me nice tight corners.
The little cross angles are necessary. I did one without them then when I pulled the canvas the whole frame got tweaked, it shifted to one side. I had to remove all the staples and redo it. I don't leave the cross angles off. I only add center supports on "really" large frames. (like the beach painting) But the center support does help keep the frame square.
As you can see super easy.. This is how we get custom size canvas paintings, keeping the cost low.
Happy building.
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