Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
Wood type for mirror frame
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What type of wood did you use for your frame? i’m not sure what thickness i need to make something that i sturdy enough to hold everything together.
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It mostly depends on your design and size of mirror. A sketch or dimensions would be useful.
But as a general guide is if in doubt go bigger/thicker.
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Look at some of the builds that have been documented already. You actually see the wood being used.
2 examples:
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/1678/1-old-noob-1-rpi-i-can-t-believe-i-did-it-revisitedhttps://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4930/vanity-mirror-thy-name-is-woman-using-laptop
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Yes you can use ANY material that you can make work. I would have preferred steel or alum but I have NO clue how to weld and paying someone would be VERY expensive…sooooooooooo I used the material I work with almost everyday…Wood.
It’s inexpensive [depending on what you use] … I used mahogany alot… I have 3 built and they all have that in them…plus pine.