The Framers Forum

Was busy August, September has been flat out and orders still coming in like mad. Happy days!

I have to own up and say I order my d rings from wessex or lion. I am slightly embarrassed to have to admit that I don't buy these top quality ones from ebay. I feel now like I am cheating my customers

I assumed with all that knowledge and experience, Steve would be doing the deliveries for Wessex in the South West on a Wednesday.

PM me your address John and I will send it to you in the next day or so.

Cheers

Nick

Hi Mark, I have used a Zebra lp2844 for printing labels, seemed to have a good life and not faded. I have one surplus to requirement which has been sitting taking up space. More than welcome to send to you FOC so you can experiment yourself. Mark can have first shout, if not, welcome for any forum m...

Hi Colin, I make box frames for a customer and use Wessex pw129 obeche moulding which I cut on its side and plane the rebate off to create the sides which are then biscuit jointed to the rest of the frame. This makes a very strong box and can be over 3" deep. I am currently in the process of ma...

That's true, I will just remove from my favourites and if I tempted to go onto it, change the password to one I forget.

Good luck for 2012 all, I will hope to come back at some point.

Cheers

Nick

Not at all! I have decided to remove all distractions that stop me from working. For the 5th year out of 6, I have surgery booked on my ankle that will leave me in plaster for at least 4 months. Last year was the first year I didn't have this and our (me and my wife) business has grown massively wit...

Hello,

It may be me being a bit dense, but I cannot see a way to close my account. Does anyone know how to do this?

Many thanks

Trinity, fixing artwork direct to Corri-Cor Conservation / Archival, without a need for an extra barrier board. I read this as window mount + Corri-Cor - anyone do this? I use this for one customer who sells antique maps. These range from £15 - £4,000. The maps have a daler conservation window mount...

** There is some stuff called ESP that is designed to be used as a barrier coat for awkward surfaces. I have heard good things about it, but have yet to try it. I intend to do so soon. Prospero ESP is the real business, it saves a load of time and works superbly. As well as using it on frames, I ha...

I regularly post frames that sized with 2mm float glass. I firstly bubble wrap, then use protective "u" foam edging: http://www.wessexpictures.com/packing_materials.html I keep those in place with handy wrap and then box (double walled box). I tend to book with DHL or City link for £10 inc...

Hi David,

Yes, use the same as a normal wood dye applying with a brush and wiping excess. They work really well and the crystals go a long way so are good value as well.

Give them a go

Nick

Love the work David. Have you tried Van Dyke Crystals as a wood dye. they are great for matching colours as you can go from an dark ebony dye right down to a golden oak colour depending on the mix. Simple to do as well just adding different combinations of crystals to boiling water. Also once you ha...

Yes, mine is the 9009 as well. I will play about with all the hoses today and hopefully that will sort out the problem.

Thanks for the advice Robo.

Cheers

Nick

Hi all, My Euro 9000 underpinner seems to have started leaking air from what sounds like (excuse my lack of technical terminology) the piston that drives the top clamp down. It is still working and I have pinned Ash mouldings today as well, but I can't afford for it to fail as I am flat out with Chr...

Thanks for the responses. I would like to say that this has been the most satisfying frames I have done. Although every job, whether a run of the mill framing job should get the same attention to detail, seeing this go together from making the first frame and then at each stage getting closer to the...

here are a couple of frames I have done this week for a local artist. They are off to tuscany on monday for an exhibition. Although I have been dabbling in hand finishing, these are my first big frames. The squarer of the 2 is almost 3' wide. I may not have followed all the right methods. The inner ...

Hi Jim, I would love to take some off your hands if possible. As well as my framing jobs for customers, I frame a lot of paintings I buy from auction for my shop, so these would come in a treat. I can't collect this weekend as we are moving house, but could definitely collect some the following sund...

I use the Fabric gun from lion, works really well. Link below:

http://www.lionpic.co.uk/product/FINE-F ... 244,0.aspx

I have taken photo's of a frame I made for a rugby shirt with the making process, will try to dig them off my other pc and upload.

Cheers

Nick