The Framers Forum

Not your faut NYA; it's down to Ikea. Why didn't she take it back and get a replacement. Glass probably broke with the wonky rebate anyway. Too far to go if the branch is in the Bristol area. Product of Ikea's policy of unseasoned plundered timber from Poland and anywhere else where 'cheap as chips'...

It's annoying alright. You know the jobs left you in a perfect state; inspected by customer prior to wrap. I always tell 'em to take care and place in car face side up. You just can't odds those who clonk the doorframe on exit; hazards with the car and anything else before it is on the wall in relat...

Just finished framing a venetian mask.

Placed on black cotton 5mm foamcore; stitched on with finest catgut and framed with a 3" chunky gold. No glass.

Looks the dogs b......

Foxy

Yea, done that too! Dropped the car keys into the back of the car while loading up; no mobile to ring home; in the car; can't get back into the shop - nightmare, or was it a dream? Just can't be let out without a minder. Remote car key now, but with one of the locks on the shop being pull - slam - b...

Years ago Nielsens ran an offer of a free aluminium saw. Still use it today for some of the more common profiles: 4, 11,15 sections and get the rest chop. Must have paid for itself hundreds of times over. Ideal to alter aluminium sections. I gave up on aluminium wood years ago; blunts the morso-blad...

I would probably use strap-hangers for very heavy mirrors; no wire or cord. Out of sight, unlike glass-plates which look ugly.

Ideal for overmantels and huge pictures over deep stairwells.

Foxy

One of the worst dreams is when you know you have locked up the previous evening, only to arrive in the morning to see the shop door open, nothing taken and the inability to lock up again, due to the lockpin not meeting the doorframe plate properly. This dream has not happened in years now; must be ...

I remember carbolic soap; must look out for some; recommend it. Not the DDT sprayer Gran used to kill flies in the Summer though. Both from that same generation. We framers must unwittingly expose ourselves to all sorts of hazards from opening up old frames with potential dormant nasties to lapses i...

Enjoy!

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Morso waste and small offcuts fire up the Jetmaster woodburner, as do crushed cardboard tubes, un-useable corrogated and most paper waste, including anything with a security issue.

Glass goes for re-cycling, the same for hard plastic products.

Very little gets wasted and sent to the tip.

Foxy

Like Jolly I set up TPS at the gallery and home some time ago. It made a huge difference in cold calls getting through. A few manage to slip through the net; but a TPS threat to take their details and they disappear in a puff of smoke. It has cut out unwanted calls at home completely and being ex.di...

I have always noticed that those who can least afford it will pay up easily, no problem.

Tight wads are just that - tight - and tight about everything they buy and yes loads of money does not guarantee happiness, but it helps if used in the right direction

Foxy

'Life on Mars' follow up 'Ashes to Ashes' starts this Thursday at 9.00pm BBC1.
No Sam this time , but should be just as good.

Not to be missed.

Foxy

I am finding more have a debit or credit card out before the ' ink is dry on the invoice'. So keen are they to pay up front. Have no problem with that. Cash over card; well the public have little or no idea how much our transaction charges are. They vary business to business depending on your bargai...

Thanks John

Tried to send Basil via my picture file in documents but outlook put a security block on it, so I will use another image instead until I can by-pass the problem.

Foxy

and thank you Mogs.

Jon Not a daft question at all. Very important to keep all your moulding dry and if possible maintain a fairly constant temperature above say 8 to 10c. Finishes can be affected by extreme temperatures. Not easy in a large barn in the middle of Hereford. Wrap in something that will not attract moistu...

John

What happened to my Basil Brush avatar.

Am I in some breach of copyright law, or my recent lack of posts

Compliments of the new year, if it's not too late

Foxy

Use Threshers occasionally. Buy three and the least pricey comes free; so makes a 7.99 bottle for example a bit of a bargain. This offer's been on for some time now. Smaller branches tend to have a limited range though. Long gone are the days when a cross-channel trip to a hypermarket was worth the ...

Absolutely no hesitation in recommending G&M. Never let me down in the years we have been trading with them.

Always ready to accommodate.

It's amazing how many of us have a cowboy close by, yet they remain in business for years on end. Most people are very reluctant to complain and get arsy with these 'framers' who are not going to change their ways, no matter what anyone does or says. Plenty more 'mugs in the sea' is the attitude. Su...