The Framers Forum

It went mental here this week too. It's amazing how much you can get done if you weed out the timewasters. :P The best business decision i ever made was when i chose not to get a street presence when i had the opportunity. I'm through a door off the street and 60 yards along an alley and round the c...

but would it last for 20 or 30 years? The problem with newspaper cuttings is that the paper they use is not de-acidified. Using Artcare and TruVue Conservation Clear will slow the aging process but ultimately the paper will destroy itself. (Keep it in the dark in an Argon-filled box and this will s...

Hi Dave, welcome to the happy land. the glorious family of frame geeks The sun always shines here, and everyone is beautiful Sorry - I'm getting a bit carried away listening to the cricket, wherein(should you not be one to keep abreast of events at The Oval) England are unexpectedly(and probably not...

Either of the options above would work. I use this http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.asp?pf_id=22593&name=liberon+lubricating&user_search=1&sfile=1&jump=0 which does the job too. Just a thought but it could be that it happens less if you don't cover the machine - more airflow should...

This is an annoyingly good line-up. I'll be in the midst of 16 hour days at the end of September. Its 2 weeks before all the London art fairs and so my busiest time of the year.

Martin could you move it to late October next year?

PS, somone told me that the falling down jeans originates from american prisons and making a statement that you are up for it with anyone, kind of prostitution perhaps? The way i heard it told is that it is a prison thing, but not about availability - more the fact that nobody is allowed to have a ...

How did you find that footage? I had no idea i was being filmed

I suspect I'm in the process of becoming one of the crimes against aesthetics myself. I sport a ponytail and a hairline which is showing distinct signs of recession :oops: bring back the days when a guy walked past in a well fitted pair of jeans and us girls could think nice arse! In Hackney the boy...

Now why didn't I think of that? That's a really great idea! I have to point out that i got the idea from someone else. I hope they aren't going to claim any intellectual property rights on it My workshop is too small, really cluttered and needs a serious re-think and re-fit. I'd be amazed if there ...

Not your average framer wrote:how to bulid up the thickness of a line with repeated passes while the ink was still wet.

So is there a secret method to it? Does it work with tramlines as well as gold?
I may experiment later if i have the time

If you choose to readjust the blade dept screw and like me you possess digital calipers the you can measure the distance from the back of the blade carrier to the back of the blade and reset the blade depth back to exactly your previous setting after cutting you thicker mount. Or when you have a bl...

Gold lines? With inks and paints (have yet to find a good one that does not blob due to the metallic particles suspended in it) Have you tried using the Roberson Liquid gold paints?(see the Lion catalogue if your local suppliers don't stock them) I've been using them, slightly diluted, and if you g...

The main scale on the cutter bar should slide along in the channel. You may need to loosen the allen bolt at the far end first. It'll throw all your other calibration off but may well solve the problem once you've recalibrated. I think you want to push the scale away from you but trying to work this...

Welcome Chip The Ecobra pen Ian is recommending is the finest i have used, and i want one badly. They are the dogs wotsits. When i bought mine i was a bit cash-strapped so went for the Jakar cross-hinged pen(but i only paid about £8 for it so shop around!). I find it to be fine, although reservoir s...

Sorry people. Kind of threw the toys out of the pram on Saturday. A bad day but i shan't bore you all with the details

I'm off to sit on the naughty step

Kev, The mars bar/coffee/etc part of the thread came about because one of our friends in the Republic wanted to compare actual cost-of-living based prices to better compare Sterling and Euro prices. That it got a bit banter-led is regrettable but inevitable, but is it really that big a deal? RTFM I ...

I'll second what Roboframer says - anything worth that much should only be in contact with Museum grade board(cotton rag mountboard), and only adhere the least possible amount to it to be sure it won't fall off.

philipsheldon wrote:put down your Morso

I'm glad you said that because my back is killing me


I'm currently finishing a bat I've been making from off-cuts of obeche, but once I've done it I'm straight to King's Cross to get a train north

72 for 6 at lunch on the first day - oops! I was looking forward to having the whole weekend in the studio, finishing 5 stained maple frames for Monday and getting a few odd jobs done and listening to Strauss and the boys giving the Aussies a proper hiding. Now I'm dusting off the tomahawk, getting ...

I use a pneumatic staple gun with wide staples(about 11mm) - they are much less likely to cut through the canvas. Also its best if the gun has some adjustment for the depth the staple is fired in to - again it stops it cutting the canvas, and means you can set it up properly. For instance with some ...