Frame shop

I cut and assembled a few more frames today.

In the foreground is my favorite framing tool.  I purchased it in college after using the ones in the shop there.  Metal corners fit over the frame corners and then a band pulls it all tight, holding it in place while the glue sets.

My other framing tool is one that's brand new to me.  I just learned how to use a router a few weeks ago.  It cuts the notch or the "rabbet" in the wood to make the frame molding.  I used to use a table saw but it was a lot less precise.  It was also more dangerous as it was hard to push the wood all the way through for such narrow cuts.  The router is mounted to a router table and looks like this...