There might be an alternative but it looks like a two part ogee stile rail and stile bit might work. You would have to remove the groove cutting part. The rabbets you would have to plow with a straight bit or table saw.

I've removed half the slot part of the bit to illustrate it better.

Whiteside 6001 Round Stile & Rail Set

Make Stile and Rail joints for cabinet doors on your router table with the Whiteside 6001 Round Stile and Rail set. 1/2" shank.

bitsbits.com

It looks kind of like a rule joint, so you could research how those are made with a half round and box core bit.

So you have a router table or are you doing this hand held?

 

First thing to know, especially as an artist, is that routers can disappear parts of your fingers in an instant. It is a good idea to watch some basic router how-to's to understand their operation and safety.

If you search "rail and stile router bits" on Amazon, you will see many different offerings with quite a few starting in the $25 range. You'll need to know if your router takes 1/4" or 1/2" bits or both. Most trim/palm routers are 1 to 1.25 horsepower. Not sure when you say your router is 1/2 hp, you might be referring to the size of the bit?

Dowels and biscuits can also be used to make picture frames. Miters with splines look nice too.

YouTube can be really helpful for figuring out what you want to do. This guy shows the basic process but IMO does a few things in an unsafe manner.

For more advanced and fancy ideas, there's this too;

 

Thank you! Ive already been watching videos on safe router operation I need my hands … lol!
My simple router is 1/2 HP and takes 1/4 bits.

As you mentioned , I’ve seen all kinds of YouTube videos of making frames and many are very impressive but im not near skilled enough yet or have the tools to do anything like that. So I just want to start super simple and getting good at that first and then think about the other types.
The other thing for me, is my portrait price already includes a simple hard wood frame. The Amish guy was giving me an insane price for 11x14 oak/maple/walnut frames… they were like $10 each unfinished and I did the finish work. Which I really enjoy.

thanks again for the reply!

 

There might be an alternative but it looks like a two part ogee stile rail and stile bit might work. You would have to remove the groove cutting part. The rabbets you would have to plow with a straight bit or table saw.

I've removed half the slot part of the bit to illustrate it better.

Whiteside 6001 Round Stile & Rail Set

Make Stile and Rail joints for cabinet doors on your router table with the Whiteside 6001 Round Stile and Rail set. 1/2" shank.

bitsbits.com

It looks kind of like a rule joint, so you could research how those are made with a half round and box core bit.

So you have a router table or are you doing this hand held?

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I have a small bench router table it's about 18in long, the router is 1/2HP and it takes 1/4 bits. I'd be afraid to do anything like that by hand. Being super new to woodworking I'm super careful.. my wife would kill me if I hurt myself too bad

I don't have a table saw yet .. on my Christmas list Only the old 10in chop saw. THANK YOU AGAIN!

 

You may be better off buying the framing stock than making it for now.
Buy the stock and then make the mitered corners, a new skill in itself!
The miter saw is perfect for that operation.
Your router is too small, and under powered for what you want to do.
A lower powered router/cutter is more dangerous than a higher powered one.
Be specific when searching for You Tube videos:

Many picture frames are made from smaller, "overlapping pieces", but look like they were made from one large one.

 

Hi again
So I'm such a dope... LOL!!! I found out my Router is 1.5 HP... 1/4 collet, 25,000 RPM .. ya someone sent me an actual manual.. Sorry about that. Does that change anything?

 

Would something like this work:

https://www.amanatool.com/49643-carbide-tipped-bead-stile-and-rail-1-4-inch-shank-set.html

 

I’m brand new to woodworking.. I have a hand me down Ryobi 1/2 hp router and bench top table for it and even an older chopsaw.

Hi again
So I'm such a dope... LOL!!! I found out my Router is 1.5 HP... 1/4 collet, 25,000 RPM .. ya someone sent me an actual manual.. Sorry about that. Does that change anything?

That is a "palm router" to be used with only 1/4" shank bits.
You typically do not use a palm router in a table, but it's possible for small profile sections.
Table routing any profile requires a different set of hold downs, featherboards and push blocks for safety.
A 24" or longer and a wide board 5" or so would be the safest method to keep fingers away from the cutter.
It's meant to used in the hand held orientation.
A model number would be helpful, but won't change anything I reccommend,
I'd start out with a set of various profile bits like these and run them on one edge of a wider 5" or so board.

YONICO - Router Bits 1/4 Shank - Tungsten Carbide 1/4 Router Bit Set - Home Improvement Router Bits for Woodworking Tools Fresas para Router - 17150q - Amazon.com

YONICO - Router Bits 1/4 Shank - Tungsten Carbide 1/4 Router Bit Set - Home Improvement Router Bits for Woodworking Tools Fresas para Router - 17150q - Amazon.com

www.amazon.com

Then rip then to the width you need to make the frames.
Stack and glue them to create different profiles.

This joint doesn't seem to make sense in a picture frame to me. It's more of a door joint in my opinion.
Picture frames are typically smaller profiles layered on a base to give them greater depth and character.

 

That is a "palm router" to be used with only 1/4" shank bits.
You typically do not use a palm router in a table, but it's possible for small profile sections.
Table routing any profile requires a different set of hold downs, featherboards and push blocks for safety.
A 24" or longer and a wide board 5" or so would be the safest method to keep fingers away from the cutter.
It's meant to used in the hand held orientation.
A model number would be helpful, but won't change anything I reccommend,
I'd start out with a set of various profile bits like these and run them on one edge of a wider 5" or so board.

YONICO - Router Bits 1/4 Shank - Tungsten Carbide 1/4 Router Bit Set - Home Improvement Router Bits for Woodworking Tools Fresas para Router - 17150q - Amazon.com

YONICO - Router Bits 1/4 Shank - Tungsten Carbide 1/4 Router Bit Set - Home Improvement Router Bits for Woodworking Tools Fresas para Router - 17150q - Amazon.com

www.amazon.com

Then rip then to the width you need to make the frames.
Stack and glue them to create different profiles.
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This joint doesn't seem to make sense in a picture to me. It's more of a door joint in my opinion.
Picture frames are typically smaller profiles layered on a base t give them greater depth and character.

I really do appreciate your time in trying to help me!
I guess I was thinking it shouldn't be this hard..lol! But I'm not really a woodworker, I enjoy playing but never got serious. I spend most of my time doing my paintings and thought I could know out a few of these as I needed them.
I actually like them simple (my clients love them). For finishing, I usually use either India Ink for black frames, or a light stain so you can see all the wood grains. I try to avoid anything that takes away from the painting. And they seem just so sturdy.. so much more then the miter cut corner ones. (shrug)

I mount my painted canvas to masonite and then frame.

If it helps.. my router is a ryobi R163.. and here are some pictures on my benchtop router table it's in and some of the actual frames.

Maybe I do need to get a new router? I don't mind and maybe I can get a used one to use am I am learning. Should I get like a 2.5HP? Maybe I can get a table for it too... ?

Seriously, thanks again for your time!!

 

Now seeing the rest of the frame, it does "make sense"!
It does make for a "butted corner" look, but it's likely very strong.
If you're convinced that joint is what you want? be aware the making that section/profile on the end of a 2" to 3" wide piece will require a very stable support for the workpiece. It will want to tear out the end grain as it completes the cut, so a "backer" is required making a zero clearance support.
Typical 45 degree "miters" do not have that complication and they can be easily splined for strength.
Do you have a decent table saw? That would be my next tool purchase as you get further down the woodworking trail ....

Here's a small router table project that shows the various steps and hold downs I used:

Router table project

Got a little job to make 8 cabinet doors Shaker style. Maybe a raised panel add on later.... paint grade. I used poplar nice straight grain and 5mm under layment for the panels. Roughly 15 5/8" x 33 1/2". I set up 3 wing groove cutter in the router table, hold downs and feather boards at each...

www.woodworkingtalk.com

Here's a great overall review of routers:

 

Thanks so much for this! I really appreciate your thoughts and help. I don't have a table saw, but have been eyeing them up. I only have a little tiny space with about a 6ft work bench in the back of my garage. So I have space issues. I watch a ton of video's that you all have shared and it's giving me some great ideas.

 

Sorry — and just my O — but that’s essentially a door frame. OK for a display case maybe, but to me it’s not a very good looking picture frame.

Miters are plenty strong enough with the proper fixations. Usually a spline. It will actually be easier fo build, all you need is an accurate way to cut miters.

 

Id stick with the door frame. If you setup and get it right, you’ll be happy.

As far as the India black ink, that’s another topic..

 

Imagine stopping someone on the street and asking for directions to the nearest McDonalds and hearing, " Don't go there Wendys have way better food." Similar happens here everyday, people ask about a specific process and many of the replies are promoting an alternate method.

 

Similar happens here everyday, people ask about a specific process and many of the replies are promoting an alternate method.

Someone asks "How do I skin this cat?" There are many ways.
Creative people, even those with some experience, will have one or more solutions, which the OP may NOT have considered.
It's to the benefit of all who are reading the thread, as well as the OP.
There may be an easier, or better way to solve the issue or answer the question.
Let the OP choose and decide which is best.

The entire point of a forum is to get different opinions, Ya Think?

 

@David H
here some videos aka Build Cope and Stick Doors

How to Make Cabinet Doors with Rail and Stile Router Bits from rockler
another
How to Use Rail and Stile Router Bits to Make Infinity Cutting Tools
Easy Picture Frames with the Master Frame-Making Router Bit Set
another
273 Router Bit of the Month -- Shaker Style Rail & Stile Set Matt Vanderlist old 11 years ago
this is about picture framing
DIY Picture Frames Using Rail & Stile Router Bits || Black Walnut Picture Frames two years ago

 

Do you plan on doing this often or is this just a short term thing meaning a frame or 3? You could always apply the 1/4 round thumbnail with glue and nails after you made the rectangular frame with a rabbet on the interior.

This is essentially a glass door profile. You can also do it with a door profile which leaves a slot. You assemble the door frame and then rout out the remaining back to reveal the rabbet. I do this all the time and have a router bit modified a bit to accomplish it. It's just a 1/4" bottom bearing flush cut bit and I have to grind the screw flat that holds in the bearing so it can get down far enough to make the cut to remove the remaining stock that forms the slot. Once it's removed you have a rabbet and all you need to do is square out the corners which is easy because the 1/4" flush cut bit only leaves a 1/8" radius round.

 

Thanks Leo!
Well, for the moment I may have to be making around 5 a month. I'm actually a portrait painter and my popular size is 11x14.. and my clients always do my frame add on. It's only 40.00 extra. The guy who was making my frames only charged me 12.00 so it's a nice markup

Ohhh.. I like that idea.. Can I ask, if my stock is 1x2 oak or walnut what kind of router should I have? Right now I have a 1.5hp Ryobi mounted in a benchtop router table.. 1/4 collet. It's a good size as I have very minimal space. But maybe I need something bigger, more powerful?

 

In comparison , I must be have 300 years experience..

Experience comes from projects, not chatting..

”I'm through with this debate, have it your way.”——Woodnthings


Yet your on and on and on about it.

 

I think it would be more useful to purchase a router bit set made for a panel door. The glass door profile in post 1 would need to be doweled to hold it together since there is no tongue. What I normally do for a glass door is put the panel door frame together without the panel and after it's dry route the back side of the door out to accept the glass.

https://www.rockler.com/round-rail-and-stile-router-bit-set?country=US&promo=shopping&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=&utm_content=pla&utm_campaign=PL&sid=V91190&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=18220912686&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2ril9PzfjwMVULMDAB32fhc6EAQYCCABEgKNRfD_BwE

 

Thanks for everyone's input!

My clients think these frames look great I'm a portrait painter, and usually paint dog portraits. I have a pretty good local business painting them. My popular size is 11x14 which I mount on masonite. An Amish furniture builder ended up starting making me these frames from oak and walnut for 12.00 a frame unfinished. So I started using them as an inexpensive add on. I charge 40.00 extra for them. They are 100x better than anything store bought and cheaper then using another woodworker making them. And I'm not really a woodworker, but I not afraid to learn These frames allows me to keep the cost down for my commissions.

My woodworking tools are old hand me downs and I don't have a table saw, and my miter saw is pretty crappy.

Anyway.. my Amish connection is no longer there so I have been exploring how I can do these without a huge tool investment. I have an old router and benchtop table so I was just asking if something like this was possible and what router bits make those particular cuts.

Woodnthings has been very nice.

 

My woodworking tools are old hand me downs and I don't have a table saw, and my miter saw is pretty crappy.

I don't have a table saw, but have been eyeing them up.

Assuming it's a "look" that you're after? Rather than a particular process or method?
The appearance of that joint is much like a half lap, also a very strong joint.

Half laps can be made with a hand saw, a dado bit in a router or on a table saw or with a bandsaw, as I normally do.
Your woodworking projects will be limited by the limited type of tools you have.
Getting more serious about woodworking will mean getting more tools and machines.
The door joint bit set is about your only method at this point.
Unless you consider using the half lap with the router?
The door set bits are expensive at $135, last I saw posted above, so that's a considerable investment.

How To Make A Half Lap Joint Step By Step The 10 Top Methods

How to make a half lap joint step by step we detail the 10 top methods from hand saws, saw and chisel to router table, circular saw, miter saw and table saw.

woodworkinghobbyshop.com

 

As far as the glass groove is concerned….

We will take this carbide bit and grind down some of the radius at the end so it first in the groove to cut out the excess. You can go in the correct direction, but we usually go backwards and route most of the meat and go back in the correct direction to clean it up.

 

This might be it

 

This might be it

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You mentioned your router has a 1/4" collet. The bits selected/depicted are 1/2" shank. You probably want that bit set but with 1/4" shank.

 

I like it! The little Ogee adds a nice detail. The price isn't that bad either.
If you did want to make 1/2 laps? I recommend a jig like this that will make it very easy to control the depth and accuracy

 

Hi again
So I'm such a dope... LOL!!! I found out my Router is 1.5 HP... 1/4 collet, 25,000 RPM .. ya someone sent me an actual manual.. Sorry about that. Does that change anything?

You mentioned your router has a 1/4" collet. The bits selected/depicted are 1/2" shank. You probably want that bit set but with 1/4" shank.

Yes, that's correct! Thanks for pointing that out.
The other bits posted were 1/2" shank as well, in post #2:

Whiteside 6001 Round Stile & Rail Set

Make Stile and Rail joints for cabinet doors on your router table with the Whiteside 6001 Round Stile and Rail set. 1/2" shank.

bitsbits.com

We need to get this sorted out before going any further.
We need the model number of the Ryobi router and determine if there is a 1/2" collet for it.
No, there is not and the RPMs are 25,000 for 1/4" bits. Too fast for the 1/2" larger bits.
From the manual:

Features; Assembly; Operation - Ryobi R163 Operator's Manual [Page 6]

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It only accepts 1/4" shank bits!

The older Craftsman routers would only accept 1/4" shank bits. I had one and gave it away.
Palm routers, especially battery powered like my Milwaukee, only accept 1/4" shank bits.
The issue with 1/4" shank bits is the amount of material that can be removed per pass.
A 1/2" shank bit is more robust and will not bend when lateral force is applied.

I'm sure there are rail and stile bits with a 1/4" shank, but in my opinion, it's time for a bigger router.
The OP posted this in post #10:
If it helps.. my router is a ryobi R163.. and here are some pictures on my benchtop router table it's in and some of the actual frames.
Maybe I do need to get a new router? I don't mind and maybe I can get a used one to use am I am learning.
Should I get like a 2.5HP? Maybe I can get a table for it too... ?

There are some great mid size routers, Bosch and Dewalt among them:

Amazon.com : mid size wood router

This You Tube video explains how there's an issue with removing the motor from the base:

 

I’m brand new to woodworking.. I have a hand me down Ryobi 1/2 hp router and bench top table for it and even an older chopsaw.
im trying to find some specifi Router bits that can makes these kind of cuts.. I’m pretty sure they are for rail and styles, but I have no a clue which ones they are.

I’ll be using it wood to create some simple picture frames. I know I can get a new chop saw and cut 45s and any other of a number of ways. But I want to just start making my own this way.
im actually a portrait painter and use these to frame my work. I was getting unfinished oak frames from an Amish guy and finishing and staining them myself to compliment the art.. but he‘s dissapeared
. i was able to tear one of his frames a part and this is what I found. I figured I could make these myself. I have the basic tools.. just need to figure out which router bits to get.. I’d be really grateful if anyone knows and could tell me !
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Yes, definitely made with a rail and stile bit, or bit set, intended for making cabinet doors. That's a pretty simple one; you can find them with ogee or other compound curves. They come in two types. The one Steve showed has two separate bits, one for the concave and one for the convex profile. The biggest hassle involved with these sets is getting the height set properly. Tip: put a tight-fitting cheap neoprene O-ring on the shanks of both. When you have the height set correctly, slide the O-ring down against the router collet as a guide for the next time you swap bits. I have, somewhere, a single-bit set that also requires taking the bit apart to re-stack the cutters when changing from one profile to another, adding another hassle to the process. I don't use that one much.
You might want to read and consider something long-time member Jim Frye recently posted about picture framing. Jim has a background in industrial design and mentioned that a butt joint, where the end of one board is placed against the edge of another, common design for cabinet doors, tends to stop the eye rather than drawing it into the actual art work inside the frame. It's a valid concern, although less so in a frame that's painted and doesn't have any real wood grain to flow.
Something else to consider, if you haven't done much of it, is that making a truly square or rectangular frame with mitered joints isn't quite as easy as it looks. Particularly when working with wide frames, less than a degree of error can leave embarrassing gaps. The same is also true for 90-degree cuts. You might want to begin by making some trial cuts, and read the manual for your miter saw carefully, particularly the parts about making sure your fence is at a true 90-degree angle to the blade, and how to adjust that if it's not. That's also true of the various angle stops it may have. Close enough for framing a house isn't close enough for framing a picture.