The Framers Forum

Sorry to be a cynical old git but, that's not a new idea. It's the sort of gimicky thing you see at trade fairs. I saw a panoramic photo once done with a curved frame with curved glass. Sort of cinerama effect.

It might be an udder duck.

Facilities? Tried a hand saw? It don't take much cutting. Actually I use a cheepo table saw which does the job. Trouble is, it's out in my warehouse/big static caravan which I have been converting to a dedicated woodworking workshop for the last 9 years. Three years ago I got as far as running the e...

l Another perfectly good chair ruined......

Man goes into a chemists shop and asks for deodourant.

"Ball or aerosol?", enquires the assistant.

The man, slightly embarassed, replies,

"Well it's for under my arms actually"

That's it.

Roboframer wrote: - an udder duck!

.....I just got that. Priceless.


Must work by delayed action.

Have you tried splinter board for the panel? (I call it splinter board.... Stuff they board up broken windows with.) It doesn't look too attractive in it's raw state, but painted and polished it looks super. It cuts and joins in the usual way, but sometimes I just cut the panels out of boards like a...

Not used A655. Looks useful but a bit formal for most of the paintings I get. I like more free-flowing floral patterns. I can understand the problem in matching the pattern on the corners. :? I find A656 is quite useful. Simons used to do some nice pasta mouldings, but they seem have deleted all the...

"The one on the end has to stand on one leg"

That's the punchline from another joke.

.....Which I'm not going to tell.

Oh sorry.

Isn't it time you were dangling upside-down in the attic with your wings folded?








Gulp. Wheres me tin hat.

Biscuiting. Cutting matching slots in the faces of the mitre which are bridged with an oval shaped piece of wood called a...biscuit. Glue causes the biscuits to swell slightly giving a very strong joint. Toenailing. Fixing two pices together by nailing diagonally through the face of one bit into the...

Pat.
Not familiar with the Lion range, but is that a plastic one by any chance?

Moglet wrote:What do you get when a cow jumps over a barbed wire fence?

Udder destruction!

Isn't it time your nose was under the duvet sweetie? Skool in the morning.




"Doctor, Doctor! Why do people keep ignoring me!"

"Next!"

Moglet wrote: Reckon my centre-partiing is giving the Great Wall a run for its money!

a la Peter Gabriel c.1972.


Don't worry Madam. No need to concern yourself with the medical terms......

Variations on a theme of my interpretation of the Simons mouldings. The ornate inner mouldings were made by a company called Romford Mouldings. Long since departed and sadly missed by me. They did a huge range of 'pasta' covered shapes which were really cheap. <£1.50 ft for a 100mm ornate scoop. I m...

That's weird. I tried recreating one of the finishes from that very set of Simons mouldings just a few weeks ago. The yellowy-silver one to be exact. I did mine gold rather than silver. btw. If you could use 20ft of 583 841 000, I got it in stock. Got it in a 10 quid bargain bundle. :D Been saving i...

I see we have got back to primary school.


Whatd'ya call a camel with three humps?

Humphrey.


Where did Julius Caesar keep his armies?

Up his sleevies.


How do you keep a bunch of idiots in suspense?

Tell ya tomorow.

Sometimes an extreme statement in a frame can be very effective. The pale mat/ blacky frame is the safe option. This combination will fit in anywhere. But if it is to be hung in a room with a lot of other 'bling' to compete with...... How about making the mat really strong red (blackcore?), but step...

Man turns up at a fancy-dress party. He is dressed in normal clothes but is carrying a girl on his back. Guy on the door won't let him in. "You can't come in unless you are in fancy-dress." he says. "But I'm a snail", replies the man. "You don't look anything like a snail&qu...