Finally!!! someone who explained why the need for the bevel and what direction to place the bevelled side!! Thank you !!!!!

Oh my goodness..I cannot Thank You enough!!!! There’s no way I can afford to buy larger sized canvases so this is going to open a big door for me to be able to dream about bigger pieces of art. Many Thanks 🙏🏽

SPOT ON! FROM ACROSS THE POND, THIS YANK SAYS; THANK YOU, WELL DONE! ! !

Awesome video! My wife and I were empowered to make our own frame based on this tutorial :) Thank you so much!

One of the better videos I have seen on this subject. 5 ***** stars.

Greetings from NE Atlanta, Georgia. I'm "considering" painting as my newest hobby and I'm trying to learn as much as possible about canvas and frames before I start. Thanks for a great demo! 😀

Best 20 mins of life 🙏🏾🙏🏾

I learned two new techniques from you that are invaluable. I thought I new everything about building a canvas from scratch for years, but I never actually thought of just cutting the wood at angle and adding an additional piece to make a corner-round.....I was nailing in corner rounds which is way inferior to what you just displayed. Your gridding in the back is interesting, because if I don't feel making a halflap cut on a larger piece, I can do just what you did and make smaller pieces and move up the center piece. Very good tutorial.

I have watch many, many, many videos to try and figure out how to do this. This one is by far the best I have seen and answers all the questions I had and explains in detail how and why to do things. Thank you for taking the time do share this information with us.

Working from one center with three staples, going to the opposite end and stretching that center with three more staples. Now do the same process on each of the sides of the frame. Now start over again with the first side you started and put three more staples. Now go to the opposite side again, stretch and do the same thing. Now do the sides again. Do it all in the same order, working left and right, left and right, back and fort, back and forth as you work each side. The goal is to force the lack of the canvas into the corners evenly. It helps keep the canvas absolutely the same flat on all areas. I do like the way he made the frame. It's tough making perfect corners when it's just straight two flat ends connecting together. Good technique. Would be good also to check it with a corner square.

Thanks Glenn. Today I made my first canvas. Thanks for having shared your super clear explanation. If you believe in Karma I hope somehow it comes back to you!

Un travail remarquable et des gestes précis . Le résultat est tout simplement parfait. Merci pour cette générosité

Thank you for helping me to get help from woodworking professionals to find the size that suits me

Thanks for taking the time to make such a clear and concise presentation, I can't wait to give this a go.

as soon as you offset your noggins i knew you were a pro

Nicely built. The only thing I do differently is at the corners. I fold the canvas under so that no diagonal layer is visible, also no extra staples on the sides are required.

Super cool now i can actually fit all the puzzles together... I love this video

Fantastic tutorial ---- the BEST i have seen on making large stretched canvases Thank you.

Thanks so much! I purchased a abstract painting and assumed unframed meant an actual frame..lol so I opened it up and it was just canvas and no way to hang it...this has really helped me out.

This answered all the questions. Thanks.

Using screws on end grain is not a good option. Screws need to cross grain in order to hold securely. Better to use nails if possible or have inserts in your wood to which screws can grip properly.

Exelente Muy bien explicado Felicitaciones. Todo al detalle. Saludos desde Bogotá Colombia.

Nice video. Excellent camera and editing -- and very clear voice-over commentary. Definitely a thumbs up.

very helpful tips you got on...i love the way it's done. very pro. thanks bro!!!

Thank you for taking the time out to share your knowledge with us!

at some point you should be measuring that the diagonals are equal to insure that it is square before all these pieces are glued and screwed, perhaps making marks on the table to keep it square while working.

Awesome video, Im so happy he uses milimiters like a normal person and not inches!

I wish all tutorial vids were this easy to follow! Thanks for this!

The best I've seen so far!!!

I don't understand every things you explain - i'm french - but your tutorial is clear and excellent.Thanks for sharing.

Wow, your video makes the process look so E-Z ... haha. To ensure my frames are square ... I use a square - I couldn't believe that you would just trust that your frame would com together squarely - because I use hand tools, regardless of how careful I am with my cutting - I still end up having to use a square - I got a " monster sized " metal one - the biggest I could find because I love huge frames. I always use framing brackets and gluing. I don't bevel the lumber. I don't do those support thingies on the ends. Building a frame actually takes up more of my time than the actual painting does - which is why I (when I can afford it) I buy professionally made frames like the one you've made here. This vid is loaded with useful info. for anyone who wants to take the plunge into building their own frames. The DIY feelings can be very rewarding. Thanks for sharing ....

Excellent instructional video.It is very gracious of you to share your skills and knowledge. Such instructional videos help enable people all the world in their endeavors. Thank you.

Excellent video. You taught me stretcher construction theory and canvas-stretching techniques that I didn't know. Cool!

Great tutorial - very professional - thanks

Yeah big thankyou brother. You made it nice a simple and encouraging. I appreciate this video a lot. Going to be stretching my first canvas and many more to follow this year.

Amazing information just handed out bless you sir..

What a great tutorial and a lot of work was put into this. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you very much.

thank you great work

mean glenn, off to do my scholarship block course in this area tomorrow and sunday, love your tutorials you simplify everything with out all the tech lingo and explain things so even miss dyslexic here understands with my inside out brain wiring haha, cheers lovingb yoyur downloads too thanks for your efforts and sharing your talents

It's been over 10 years since I did this. Great refresher. Btw you forgot to talk about when you tightened the first screws.

Very clear tutorial thanks. But holy staples Batman! Also, great drinking game: drink every time you hear "tension".

I usually get my frames made, I'll make one myself for the first time, so this video was very useful. I usually don't use that many staples. Personally I think is so many staples.

Thank you!

j'adore, merci

thank you for your through explanation! Helps heaps!

Thank you for this video! The time you have invested is much appreciated, Making a frame for my canvas does not seem as daunting now. Very clear video and great audio, I had no trouble viewing or learning. Thanks again

Magic video

now that's a pair of work jeans, top marks

Thank you so much. Very easy-to-understand tutorial. Great ideas.

excellent video

Gracias

thanks mate for the great instructions on making a large canvas. I just finished mine and it looked great!

Thanks alot Mrs.

Excellent tutorial, artfusion1 - many thanks!!

Would you do all of this same stuff with the wood parts if you were making a canvas half that size? If not, I'd like to make a video request to you because all the other canvas-making videos I've seen don't have nearly the same quality in structure and tension that yours has. Thank you for making this video, by the way!

Just right as what i need . Going to make one

Thank you very much for the great video very well explained really appreciate it

Thanks

Thank you for the awesome video! Really helped us mount some odd-shaped art by ourselves!

wish I had the tools/materials and skills to make this.Its looks soo good.thanks.

thank you for this tutorial. it was very well done, plus I love your accent...all the way from The Bay Area California :)

Marvelous, Great ! I really appreciate the time you took to share these knowledges, I learned a lot!. Thank you for sharing.

Very good and comprehensive how to.

Thank you. MASTER 👍👍👍👍👍

Thanks for sharing. Not if I've missed it but you said you are going to explain why first four screws weren't going right in? Still a great tutorial.

Thank you for this great video, you are a good teacher!

Thank you very much for sharing this step by step canvas building tutorial, it's very useful : )

Excellent Video, thanks.

Amazing, Thanks!!!

thank you for making this video easy to follow.

great explaination... I must follow this instruktion... I hate to buy cheep canvas from the shops, but this is real and professional... this is so good I dont need to watch any other here ... now I just need to find a stretsher... I even make my own canvasmaterial... thanks and regards from Germany... (*_*)

Thanks for the heads up. Great work

Excelente. Nakupenda

Very clear.. thank you

awesome tutorial, where do you get the canvas rolls from ?

Hate the break this to you, but do you see that little nub on your huge pliers? They rest against the wood/frame so you are using the tool, and not your arms to actually stretch the canvas. The way you are doing it, you are depending on your arm strength, and that will give you an uneven stretch. Also, use too many staples will overstretch your canvas and might eventually warp the frame. Staples should be tacked on from the thumb to pinky length apart. I paint very large and have never had a painting warp.

Great lesson! This was better than how I was taught. I need to adjust my practices now. Thankyou!!!

Informative video I learn lot from this video

I’m surprised the screw didn’t split the centre aisles when u screwed it. Isn’t it safer to predrill a hole in that before screwing it in?

Thanks for the lesson!!!

Great video. I've got a commissioned piece that's 77" x45" so I think I might have to be building my own frame. Thanks very much and all the best. James UK

Very good tutorial and helpful!

thanks for your time, a very useful video. I'm off to the DIY store now. Cheers

beutiful done! I would like to get hold on bigger canvases, also using the linen i prefer. really inspiring! a question, maybe a little late. do you not need to ree-stretch the canvas later? been impressed by this kind of custom frames but in my head, as you paint on it you will stretch the canvas a little. making it loose when your done. an easy reply to this comment could be “no”. haha. thanks for the inspiration.

すごいですね。あなたの仕事は綺麗です。 amo

THat corner fold could actually be internal

Beautiful work!

Thankyou, very helpful

thats a whole lot of staples :D

Great video, thanks ever so much

if you want you painting to be landscape would you put the extra wood the wide side

Love your pants

Great tutorial 👌. Question : Which type of canvas you prefer ?

Thank you. Very well explained.

Omg good job very well explained

Asked by another, what size lumber is that? Wouldl like to know if I can rip that from a 2-by or not. Also, how long of sptaples do you use. Great video. Thanks

Awesome thanks ☺️

You forgot one thing. Measure from corner to corner both diagonals, and make sure they are of equal length.

Great video! Why the beveled edge?