Jigframe Light 1000 Medium

Just like all book publishers have their own ideas for the perfect size for a book, so it is with jigsaw puzzles - all puzzle publishers have their own ideas for the perfect size for a puzzle. The trouble is that when different sized books are displayed in a bookcase it looks fine and acceptable but when a jigsaw puzzle is displayed in a frame that is not made-to-measure it looks very odd indeed.

The worst possible scenario is a puzzle frame that is slightly too large for the size of the puzzle. When this happens you find an unsightly blank area between frame and puzzle and we believe this is simply not acceptable. What we do think acceptable is that a small proportion of the edge pieces of a puzzle are hidden behind the jigsaw frame. The very outside of a puzzle is of little significance because more often than not it consists of fairly bland sea, sky or grass! Taking these factors into consideration, the Jigframe solution is as follows:

We make the wooden frame 35mm wide all round but the hidden drawer that slides into the frame is recessed behind the frame that you see. This effectively provides a margin to allow puzzles of slightly differing sizes all to fit within the one size of jigsaw puzzle frame. Smaller puzzles fit exactly within the visible area whilst larger puzzles have part of the puzzle edge obscured within the recessed area.

Provided that the puzzle is placed centrally on the drawer it will be displayed without any spare area between puzzle and frame. One further enhancement is what we call a 'riser' that can be placed at the bottom of the smaller puzzles to raise their height within the frame so that there is no spare area between the top of the puzzle and the bottom of the top rail of the frame. The riser is always hidden within the recessed area. All of which sounds rather complicated but trial and error will tell you within a few seconds whether or not the riser is required!

Puzzles that Fit in a Jigframe 1000 Medium

Those who enjoy mathematics will eagerly digest the fact that puzzles to fit our Jigframe 1000 can be as small as 675mm x 476mm and as large as 701mm x 510mm. For those who prefer not to have the headache of working it all out, the table below provides a reference of the puzzles that will fit!