The Framers Forum

I have quite a few different Chinese paper cuts in my plan chest waiting to be framed (a ready supply from my Chinese sister in law). A while back I framed one as a sample display piece to go in the window - it lasted about a week before it faded very significantly! I have framed them with tiny spot...

Rainbow wrote:I went to the local tip yesterday and was going to put my mountboard offcuts in the recycling skip.

I our town disposing of business waste in the recycling centre would attract a fine of up to £5000!

Depending on the value of the art and depth of customer’s pockets I would consider: Donor strips sewn around all 4 edges to allow standard lacing (the trick here is to ensure correct weight of thread to use). In this example there is not a great deal of useable space around the image. Sew to a piece...

Right now, I'm leaning towards casually(!) mentioning it to the customer. Then, if their eyes glaze over, showing them an example of each. Then don’t let their eyes glaze over - take the opportunity to educate in an engaging way. Loads of my first time customers will say they didn’t know framing wa...

You don’t have to confuse them, take the time to explain why you recommend a particular material, technique or design. As an example, on Saturday a couple came in for some prices for 8 pieces to be framed. They had already been to another framer but I still went through my “routine” all the time pro...

I found an interesting article discussing this very subject. https://epxx.co/artigos/centre.html I’m considering producing a picture similar to one at the end of the article that shows the effect of bottom weighting to help explain it to my customers. I don’t force bottom weighting when designing bu...

Self adhesive board either bought or home made (Prospero’s description earlier) and run through the Jetmounter (other brands available).

When I set up framing from home I used to travel to Lion (about an hour away) but quickly realised it was eating too much of my time. Unless your main supplier is on your doorstep it’s so much easier to have the stuff delivered. Wessex and Centrado have weekly van deliveries, the other main supplier...

Ed209, I-Framer does also include a labour charge and all pricing elements are easily adjusted to suit your own requirements. I have been using I-Framer for over 2 years now and found the support from Mark to be first class (and this is a different Mark from FramR by Framiac). All the catalogue upda...

This has now been sold. Thank you to all who made enquiries.

I used to have a Charnwood pneumatic tab gun and for a few years it worked perfectly. It started to developed an occasional misfire that became more and more frequent. For about £60 I thought I’d just buy another but Charnwood stopped selling them. After a little thought I bought an Omer pneumatic g...

When I first opened the shop I offered small bags of sundries but quickly found it to be a time consumer for very little return. Now I always give hooks FOC to all customers when they collect their framing if they want them. If somebody walks in and asks if I sell hooks/cord/d rings I grab what they...

This CMC is still for sale and I am receptive to sensible offers. Quite happy to demonstrate and provide initial training in our shop in Worcester.

Agree with Prosperous here. Mine always get stuck down with the offer of a spacer if they want to lift the glass off the jigsaw.

Not VAT registered so nothing else to add.

Wizard 8500 CMC for sale. Will make 45 degree and 90 degree cuts, complete with 3 debossing tools and PC loaded with all the necessary software. This CMC can cut jumbo sized mountboard. You will need to provide your own compressor (keeping mine for new equipment). This CMC has revolutionised our mou...

Tying to match a moulding, does anybody recognise this? It’s about 35mm wide. The frame was made about 10 years ago and the framer is no longer in business so can’t ask him.

Many thanks.

Just curious how you would join the vertical dividers to top and bottom rails.

Jerome,

Like they said - “never work with children or animals”

One of my dogs will wait at the start of an agility run and when I give him the command to start he will just sit there looking at me!

You are asking for a quality product yet want it cheap - not always compatible. If you are prepared to pay and to avoid wastage why not get Wessex or Centrado to supply a piece cut to size? If you are not worried about high UV protection then something like Centrado’s AR 70 would probably be OK. Als...