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Some one is selling a 8000 in this thread, might sell you some to get you by
https://www.theframersforum.com/viewtop ... =7&t=20690

1989, used to paint miniatures, I done some of Bath. Was given some moulding, I made some frame for my pictures, along with some hand cut mounts with washlines, Itook them around local gift shops to try and sell, most of the comments were "where did you get them framed?)........ Within a couple of m...

Welcome Chris, even though you're retired, you may still be able to help, how long have you been a framer

The Masks that I did had wire lops at the back, these were secured through the backing, which was black suede, in a coved shape, with thicker card behind for strength

Withe gilt creams in jars, I have used white spirit, 1st I used a screwdriver to break up the harden cream , then add a bit of the white spirit at a time and mix into the bits of the harden cream, you can get it down to a fine paste, I did this to 3 or 4 jars about 2 years ago, they are still usable...

Have you tried heating it up with a heat gun / hairdryer,
There is a kit (in the USA) where there is a plug in heater, a bit like a soldering iron, where you melt the wax into the holes/scratches, I have heated uo a teaspoon with a heatgun and melted some of the creams with it, seems to work

You can see if the moulding is warped, by placing each lenght of moulding on the right hand arm of the Morso and see if it rocks, if it does, then it's warped

They are very heavy, I frame 3 of these 'Life Masks' in one frame, as birthday present for one of my customers for another of my customers, who then a year later brought in another to be framed to gobwith the other 3 :sweating: They are made from plaster, ask your customer if they mind you drill yhe...

I don't recommend using strutbacks on anything over A4, far too top heavy

Welcome to the forum, if you have any questions ask away

Fruitini
Thanks for posting that, it's very helpful, even for me, had a quick look, some good pointers

If you look at the trianglur plate on the bed, it should have a number, well it is on ours
You can check the number on this website, but it only goes up to 1998

http://www.morso-guillotines.dk/resources/history.html

Great idea, I'll check to see what I have

Hi Steven It's a numbers game, it's not necessarily the unit price, you buy pallet of mountcard , 500 + per pallet, at a discounted price, same with your backing board, and you buy 1000+ print bags again at discounted price, so you are already starting at a lower outlay, Mark up by whatever you feel...

Just pop into your local framer and ask if you can buy a couple of d-rings and a couple of Biff Rivets The Biff rivets have a split shaft, which you can bend each part down flat, then hit with your favorite hammer Make a two holes in the MDF backing, drill if you want to, then place the d-rings on w...

That moulding shold be okay for 3mm glass of that size, don't bother with a subframe, as that will only ADD to the weight

Search for PIN/02 and PIN/05. They are still there and plenty in stock. Simons website is horrendous to use. It’s so user unfriendly. The problem starts with their completely random and unrelated product coding, as you’ve found out! The filtering options for products are so wide-ranging it’s hard t...

Here is one that is a similar shape from Simons, it looks like the siver has been discontinued,
https://djsimons.co.uk/product/reverse- ... ed-centre/

When I downloaded all the suppliers price list on 11th March, Simons FEST/0031 is £2.69 a meter

Hi Steve I’ll have a word with the office and see what we can do. Next issue of Art + Framing Today goes to print this week, so we’ve missed that, but I’m sure we can find room in a future issue. 😊 Hi Jo Just a surgestion, as there must be hundreds of artcials writen by framers over the years, some...