The Framers Forum

So I was asked by a regular customer if I could tart some of her old painting up with new mounts etc, just as I've done for her a few times now. They were obviously old frames but I took on the job anyway. I took one apart today with no issues, but the other one which was the older of the two posed ...

Hi all. I've got some work that I've completed for a customer and, despite a couple of phone calls to let him know that it's ready, he still hasn't been to pay for it and take it away. Any idea how long I have to hang on to his work before advertising it on Ebay or the likes?

I've been making some adjustments today and have got it just about right. A few minor adjustments are still needed on Monday I think, just to make me happy about the quality more than anything. Great advice from people. Thanks.

Thanks for the advice, it's much appreciated. This is my weekend task now

I'm sure I've seen a topic like this one before but here we go anyway. I've just had my Morso blades sharpened for the first time and man, what a difference it makes. However, the joints when pinned are opening slightly at the back. I believe that this may have something to do with the morso blade p...

I've only been operating six months but have found that an old print browser is useful to store boards in. I keep the full sheets behind it with a thick piece of mdf in front of them to stop them bending, and then larger off cuts go in the browser. Works quite well for me as I've got limited space a...

Thanks for your input everyone. It's confirmed what I was thinking and, having talked further with the customer today we've agreed that stretcher moulding is the way forward and we're going to build up the frame around the edge. We'll just have to wait and see what the corners of the moulding are li...

A customer has had some rather expensive canvases sent over from Pakistan, the largest of which is 6ft x 3ft. They also came with pre-cut frames that have a very shallow rebate so using stretcher moulding isn't an ideal way to stretch them. I'm just wondering if there's any mileage in me using MDF w...

Thanks IFGL

It's white Bobble! Which is very pretty, but is killing business.

Thanks everyone. It certainly is a learning curve and I'm swinging towards the last idea given of just offering to make a wooden one instead. Lesson learned on this one I think.

I've had a customer bring a frame into me for resizing that he bought online. It's a polcore/emafyl moulding with a scoop on the back of the moulding, and when I tried trimming it the moulding broke quite badly at the top of the scoop. Any ideas on how I can stop this as I've never worked with any p...

Having problems with getting the wedges into hardwoods.Already using hardwood wedges.Any ideas.

Thanks Featurepiece

Hi. My mount cutter has suddenly started leaving rough edges on bevel cuts. I take it that this means the blade is blunt, or have I got a bigger issue? Thanks

Thanks Peter. I had noticed NFU coming up a lot and have had a quote off them of £500+ which seems a bit excessive, but may be normal for the industry.

Hi everyone Having just set up our workshop, we've been left stranded by our insurance company who have said that they have offered us the wrong insurance and can't actually offer us another product. We're having problems with other companies as well and have found the prices quoted becoming silly a...

Hi everyone. I'm Derek and, along with my wife Anita, have taken the plunge and set up our own small framing business in the lovely town of Whitby in North Yorkshire. I've been involved with the industry on and off for nearly thirty years having run and owned trade counters, worked as a sales agent,...