The Framers Forum

Are the Hotpress days still being run at Framers Equipment or Hotpress Bristol? The only reason I ask is that with Steve Goodall moving over to Wessex...

prospero wrote:Ask a youngster what a yard is and they will look at you gone-out.

It's the space at the back of our house

Mate's rate is 110%

Seems to be the time of year for big frames! Any advice really appreciated on this one. Customer has a Kashmir rug with tassels which they want framed without glazing (we discussed about it collecting dust etc.), thankfully. The moulding chosen is Nielsons Leonardo W946534, ~£11.45/m +VAT The rug is...

I had a similar issue sometime ago and Steve Goodall gave me the following advice:- "I have experience of cibachromes & can offer the following advice... Hinging to the mount is a complete waste of time - all that will achieve is to stop it slipping to the bottom of the frame. Hot mounting ...

Someone on ebay is selling pallet loads of Arqadia mountboard, everything from 200 sheets to 50 in various colours, I think it works out between £1 and £1.5 / sheet.

Their location is Milton Keynes so I wondered if it was actually Arqudia.

Same here, I'd never considered using the roller cutter for mountboard but like Allframed I found it cuts beautifully. One thing I don't like with the blade is that it doesn't seem to have sufficient support, you can see the blade flex especially after a few cuts. So you don't always get a perfect s...

I wouldn't say handy wrap was a replacement for bubble wrap, I only use handy wrap to hold the bubble wrap in place.

As said before you really want the handle that the handy wrap roll fits onto, it easy then

In the latest Wessex 2012 price list it's £4.99 + VAT

I had the same mail yesterday, straight in the bin with a block on future mail from that address.

I recently used DHL to ship 15 framed photo's (46cm x 58cm) from Birmingham to Glasgow, all with Artglass AR glass. They picked up on the Thursday afternoon and they were delivered by 14:00 on the Friday and all for £25.

My 15 frames were safely delivered by DHL, must admit I was impressed with their service. Collected from mine at about 13:30 on the Thursday and were delivered to Glasgow by 15:00 the following day and all for only £25:00

Thanks Vince,

Obvious really, uses a bit more moulding but does the job.

David McCormack wrote:Have you tried completely removing the pedal stop bolt

Hi David,

Thanks for the suggestion but I have already removed the pedal stop and put on my most worn blades, still need another ~10mm of travel

DOH, should have checked the size before showing the customer :head: Wessex PW130 plain wood moulding is 95mm wide back to front so about 10mm to wide for my Morso to cut :Slap: Frame needs to be 55cm x 56cm, can anyone reasonably local to Alvechurch, Junction 2 M42, SW Birmingham cut this on a twin...

Today I sent 15 framed (with Artglass AR glass) photo's from Alvechurch to Glasgow for the Alex Harvey exhibition at the People's Palace on the 4th Feb. They were all wrapped individually in bubble wrap and then packed into a double cardboard box (48cm x 48cm x68 and 25kg), the box cost £5.99 :shock...

Jonny2morsos wrote:Losing this devalues the forum (IMHO).

Couldn't agree more, the forum is a poorer place without Robo's contributions

Lion sell Framespace in various sizes. If you have it delivered you have to buy full packs but if you can collect then you can buy any quantity.

£7500:00 he's having a laugh

Coming from the automotive industry where supplier quality is paramount and a lot of effort and thought is put into packaging I'm also staggered at the way most moulding companies pack but what really annoys me is that certain companies repeatedly blame the delivery company when it is quite obviousl...