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This is where it all started – My diploma frame -

It now hangs on my wall at work.  It weighs about 55 lbs and proves to everyone that enters that I actually did make it through school. My intention was to make it look like a section of a structural box beam.

The details: Outside dimensions are 27″x24″ with a 2″ matte and 17″x14″ diploma.  It is made out of 7000psi concrete with gray cement and white & black aggregate.  It is reinforced with steel channel and it hangs on a 1/4″ stainless steel cable.  There are 6-#4 rebar and 8-1/2″ prestress strand that project out of the face.  The inside corner has a 1/2″ chamfer and the outside edge has a 1/4″x3/4″ keyway.

This one will never be for sale, but I can make one like it for about $150.