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Do you own a manual for this and have you ever read it?

This is in there

Did you watch the videos recommended in this post on one of your previous threads?





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This is covered there!

AR =‘anti reflective as opposed to NR non reflective or AG - anti glare.

Framing terminology eh!

Optically coated and “that nasty acid etched stuff” works for me.

AR also stands for abrasion resistant (acrylic) - so is optically coated abrasion resistant acrylic called ARAR?

WannabeFramer wrote: ↑Thu 05 Sep, 2024 11:34 am

If someone wants UV protection I offer conservation clear or museum, but I don’t keep it in stock.

Do you wait to be asked for it, or suggest it - I mean mostly for the conservation aspect? Con clear (or artglass 99) is cheaper than AR 70, so if you can stock that ......?

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A POS comparison frame with Standard glass on one side and AR70 on the other, looks no different than one with con clear one side and museum glass the other side. You can see the AR coating working, but you cannot see conservation working. You can also have a black light sample though, where UV ligh...

Both, belt and braces.

Don’t worry about gluing, clamping and then pinning when dry either, unless you’re making the same amount of frames or less per day, than the amount of clamps you have!

................Take the frame. If you ever visit an art museum you'll notice that some of the frames look as if they have been dragged backwards along a road and yet look 'just right' when framing the art. Then there's the familiar problem of dust and flumbs showing underneath the glass. Put the g...

With a mount that skinny you’re probably right as just a couple of mm is enough of a percent to notice, but I think it’s been deliberately cut larger as well. Lateral movement could make it look ‘side weighted’ too. The shadow on the right also makes the left look wider. Rules or guidelines can be i...

A saying I've always liked "don't make the artwork jealous" But, regardless, what does one see first, honestly? A delicate etching? No - you see the whole thing, the framer is competing with the artist and no framer has the right to compete with Rembrandt! If that's what the customer ....(...

Mitre both ends of the moulding (you'll probably have to remove the sliding scale to mitre the left end), measure what's left and calculate what needs removing, set sliding scale accordingly, but err on the side of caution and trim to size, checking against glass/artwork. For the matching length do ...

I’d prefer the version where the customer went for remounting, but anyway it’s a free article

The framer has an Impressive CV!

https://www.monarchexpositions.com/pdfs ... tacked.pdf

This is black but it’s what you want, recommended by keencut.

https://www.glassparts.co.uk/plastic-wh ... white-wire

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Does the fall out actually fall out … with no help from you?

It looks like the end of cut is undercut.

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It’s best to watch the video, or actually RTFM and familiarise yourself with the machine, because it really is a very simple one! Its not just a case of turning a knob plus or minus, you then have to move the stop to that new position, but the question still remains …. Why are you using 1mm thick bo...

I’ve never heard of 1mm mount board, not as in window mounts and a choice of colours.

Do you have the manual?

Whether anyone has tried to reproduce one of those?

Can’t see how I’d answer that!

The case of the now three-dimensional vellum indenture though, with it's wavy top edge and a folded bottom, wax seal?

In your experience, how has that gone with customers? Someone brings something in they have already decided they want to frame, but are then given the suggestion that was a bad idea, and that framing a copy instead and putting the actual thing back in the drawer it came out of is a better one. Then ...

Speak to keencut

It looks like you may be in luck but would have to buy the housing as well.

It says it’s compatible with the old 3000, so hopefully it’ll be good for the 4000 too.

https://www.keencut.com/product/twin-wh ... ting-head/

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I like the idea of warts and all but it has to be your decision or a customer's informed one. The old newspaper fragments can be encapsulated but good copies on good paper can be beaten up a bit and you'd probably not know the difference, but the old vellum things will always look like a repro. The ...

Hold your Lion order until you can assemble the frame to see how much, if any flex there is once assembled.