Recently person S2 asked me to frame a mirror which person T had made for person S1. I said that wouldn't be a problem. When I got around to starting this project yesterday I thought to myself; there are a lot of frames in the attic...
Now, I knew I didn't have a frame that would fit said mirror because the mirror was an unusual size but I thought maybe I could rework one of those home-made frames from years ago that were not hanging, and not especially well made anyway and save a trip to Home Depot.
(That's not the "he so po'" part)
As I said, the frame was home-made and rather amateurishly made at that. The miter joints weren't exactly perfect fits, and in order to hold everything together there was a piece of 1/8" plywood nailed to the back to firm everything up, hold the picture in, and keep the corners somewhat closed.
When I took this backing off I noticed that the nails holding it on were not pointy as nails should be. Evidently, when I made the frame, the only nails I had were too long, and rather than go buy new nails I cut them off to the length I needed...
So...
Was I too poor to buy the right nail, too tight to buy the right nail, too lazy to drive to the hardware store, or just too danged resourceful?
You can make that call.
Anyway the job turned out OK, if still a little amateurish.
I wonder if I ever had to go buy nails the size of the ones I cut down because all the ones I had were too short.
Now, I knew I didn't have a frame that would fit said mirror because the mirror was an unusual size but I thought maybe I could rework one of those home-made frames from years ago that were not hanging, and not especially well made anyway and save a trip to Home Depot.
(That's not the "he so po'" part)
As I said, the frame was home-made and rather amateurishly made at that. The miter joints weren't exactly perfect fits, and in order to hold everything together there was a piece of 1/8" plywood nailed to the back to firm everything up, hold the picture in, and keep the corners somewhat closed.
When I took this backing off I noticed that the nails holding it on were not pointy as nails should be. Evidently, when I made the frame, the only nails I had were too long, and rather than go buy new nails I cut them off to the length I needed...
So...
Was I too poor to buy the right nail, too tight to buy the right nail, too lazy to drive to the hardware store, or just too danged resourceful?
You can make that call.
Anyway the job turned out OK, if still a little amateurish.
I wonder if I ever had to go buy nails the size of the ones I cut down because all the ones I had were too short.
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