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Can someone remind me how best to "relax" a badly creased drawing in the Hotpress please ? Im not sticking it down, just want to get creases out, haven't tried this for years. Thanks,
Adam/Bagpuss

Thanks for the advice everyone, I don't use Arqadia unfortunately, I don't have a power plane either : ( Just Googling companies that sell these already stretched, I see that some stretch over 18mm blocks of what I assume is MDF, rather than a stretcher bar, as you can see from photo below, these ar...

ah, I have used a floater mouldings before but these canvases just need stretching, I was just after a suitable stretcher moulding that isn't too deep but has a clean edge rather than a rounded edge like some stretcher mouldings, thanks anyway.
Adam/Bagpuss

Hi Alan, sorry, only just getting round to stretching these 5 canvases and just checked out L2427 ( see photo below ), I wanted to stretch the canvases onto frames, is that what you were thinking, I've never stretched using this sort of profile before? Have I got the wrong end of the stick ? L2427.j...

I've had a couple of those 5 piece canvas artwork come in ( see photo below ), not big, 19cm wide, tallest 54cm. Can anyone recommend a suitable Simons or LION moulding to do these please, I was going to buy from the LION - L2459 which is the Classic profile about 18mm deep for canvases and I can cu...

Thanks for the advice people, as I'm often told, 99% of the things I worry about never actually happen, it turned out fine after all that. Not ideal but under the circumstances and i had warned the customer that it wouldn't go down totally flat, I cut a sheet of 5mm foamcore to size and laid lengths...

Hi all, my heart always sinks when a customer brings in large laminated maps, well anything over size really .... The map is a whopping 150 x 95cm, supplied rolled up, laminated both sides, you know the sort of thing. The customer wants it mounted and framed (no glass), I dont have a cold roller so ...

Hi, I've never had one before but I have had my first review by a Troll on Google Business, to be honest I have most of my reviews on Facebook, every now and then someone does one on Google, I only had 2 5star reviews, then a few days ago I had a 1star review saying I had no black frames and I had d...

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4ft x 4ft Workbench - Pickup only nr M25/J29 2016-10-29 15.06.21.jpg This rather large bench has been in my Workshop for the last 5 years, dimensions: w48in x d48in x h32in I added the shelving myself, just chipboard. It's a big old lump, the actual top is 1.5in thick, I have dismantled it but plea...

Hi, a good customer of mine is threatening to bring in a dolphin shaped jigsaw ... now I have framed jigsaws over the years and they've generally been rectangular not dolphin shaped, I stick them down using drymount film onto 2mm MDF board. I'm thinking that I would have to profile the dolphin shape...

Well that was a heated debate :rock: All good stuff, well here's a photo of the finished product, I actually used Neschen Filmoplast T Cloth Tape ( LION ) to attach to the Linen backing to the foamcore board, as I said, I did have to cut the mount in 2 sections as I can't cut Jumbo board but under g...

Thanks everyone for your advice, very much appreciated. Roboframer, I really like what you've done, are you able to cut Jumbo size board on your Gunner/CMC ? My options were limited when the customer brought it in, I can only cut mounts in standard size ( 815 x 1125mm ) so I worked out I could only ...

A customer has brought in my first Linen backed poster, I've never had to frame one, never even seen one, its an original Raiders of the lost Ark poster with about 3cm of backing on show ( see photo ). I've seen in a previous posting where Roboframer suggested mounting strips ? Is this because it's ...

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Could someone do me a favour and post a photo of how the head spring ( see below ) fits in the ratchet part of the Keencut Excalibur 5000 cutting head please ? I have a spare but can never remember how it fits in place, I can't make it out from the manual either : ( Thanks in advance, Adam head_spri...

I forgot to thank you all for the advice about the drymounting, I dont have a cold roller anymore so I had to drymount. I did put the white display board in the hotpress first, to dry it out a bit, I then drymounted them and placed them under glass to flatten them out. I was quite pleased with the r...

Funny you should mention hardboard, the customer said she had had prints drymounted onto hardboard previously and I had never heard of that, she said they were fine, I think I might get in touch and suggest I try drymounting them onto hardboard instead of white display board, because of the bending....

I'll certainly try and reheat the board first and then try drymounting the print, thanks for the tip : )

Adam/Bagpuss