The Framers Forum

Dave, just to clarify . . . Toughened glass can't be cut. It is cut to size as annealed float (or patterned) glass, then toughened by heating to ~ 560oC and air quenching. Once this is done, the stresses placed in the glass sees it become a safety glass in that it shatters into tiny particles when i...

Adam, do let us know here on the forum how you got on, once you complete the project. Would be interesting to know how long you spend doing 3 mylar straps, sink 'v' or braces either side behind the wedge, and a support shelf / formed rod(s) if needed etc. * Just to be open, we actually hand make the...

- Most likely for frameless type displays, AFMW ? Hafele have lots of hinges, knobs, etc for frameless designs . . . but mostly for heavier duty shop type cabinets and the like. For your frameless designs, you need flat surface on the hinge / knob, most likely stainless (ask me about expansion / con...

Sorry, meant to add from (I think) a comment by Robo. Do make a couple of small ones in Museum glass offcuts or similar. I have been dying to do this myself with some 4mm Amiran, but I need to purchase too much of the darn stuff to make that leap ! (Think $$$$$) Amiran is a Schott optically coated a...

AFMW, you framers certainly are ingenious at times.
A couple of simple braced corners to hold glass in place, brilliant

Feel free to email anytime and we can 'talk' of our experiences.

G'day all, Been a while since I visited, just a tad time poor these last couple of years :/ Interesting this topic came up again. Glass display cases (frameless or otherwise) aren't new, but there aren't many making them specifically for use in the picture framing industry. It really is different to...

No problems, I'd have done it, but so far under the hammer at the moment. Sunday 0615 and I'm off for an early morning walk, then working for the rest of the day. Ah well, I am up for a 2 week outback break in another 3 weeks, 3 days, and around 23 hours. I am passing nearby to Sola Seal next week, ...

Yeah, the scattergun approach works eventually. Besides banks, these phishing type emails often come from ebay, paypal (never had an account with either of them), and those lottery / inheritance type scams know no limits (sometime you win several times a day, how lucky is that !). These targetted ap...

Here you go Bill - http://www.solaseal.com.au/solar.html Give these folk an email and ask them if they have had to replace any broken down 3M film they have applied in the past 20 years. I did Google 3M (they make probably the best films) and interestingly found warranty of 10 years. Nothing about U...

Scammers are certainly targeting specific businesses. We get these often for glass, and they are recognised pretty quick as (sometimes very pathetic) cons. "Hi.. Am Tim Morrison and i will like to know if you do cut 30x30 1/4 tempered glass.If yes please get back to me with the price of each pl...

Ok, firstly to clarify something, it is UVa light framers need to block. Around the 320nm to 400nm range. UVb (290nm to 320nm) is blocked by normal window glass. UVc (220nm to 290nm) is blocked by the Earths athmosphere (although depletion in ozone layer is allowing some UVC light to penetrate at th...

Glad to be of assistance . . . I've always liked the look of these extrusions for other applications besides heavy items. Worth checking ali suppliers to see if there is some sort of section similar, but I imagine this is run specifically for this use. Some of these types of hangers are made with a ...

Can you get these over there ? http://www.hangmanproducts.com/hangman-z-hanger.html Fitted to both top and bottom rails. For extra safety, the bottom rail can be reversed, so the picture is slid on from one side. Use ones that span the frame width. Will still look stupid hung on such a wall (if as m...

Great looking package Simon.
Very smart design, it looks brilliant.
Bet the client was wrapped with it.

TFS, g'day. £6 yes, but they do come all the way from 'stralia ! : ) Tulle, Lion clip, suppose it comes down to time too. The clip is a couple of minutes, where I imagine the tulle would take a bit longer with setting up and fixing. Oh, and the acrylic isn't like the Mighty Mount product. Won't craz...

Yeah Áine, home grown / fresh caught etc is brilliant. In my aim to get more self sufficient, one part is a great vegie patch. All of it is incredible in taste, tomatoes for example are all 'meat' hardly any seed, and wow, the taste ! gerogeh, yes although water is bacially an ever recycling product...

Yeah 80% isn't the best for true UV pro, but the normal laminate listed there is maybe 47% ? 80% pro from filtering UVa light in a room, while not ideal, is better than the lesser %. Light passing through plain 3mm float glass would filter say 35 - 40% of UVa. Getting 80% of the remainder would tota...

True to most extent, Ormond . . . But if a client wanted the laminated poster to look good for years to come (even a cheap one), it would need UV protection. You're right of course, best to avoid laminating then on the first place, and go straight to uv glass or acrylic. Looks like there are some la...

Laminated posters do not need glass. Ah, but it might Ormond . . . Laminate doesn't block UV light ! Disclaimer - Some expensive laminate films might block UV, but I have things at the shed that have definitely faded with normal laminating. Same UV issues when using Mylar encapsulation, it doesn't ...

Áine mentioned it . . . Peak Oil. I only discovered the term and meaning in an ABC doco about 18 months ago. I was interested enough to go and find out more. For anyone not aware of this theory (and I do believe it is coming upon the world fast) Google it . . . what you'll find can be slightly frigh...