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- Sat 30 Dec, 2023 2:26 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Fletcher tab gun - repairable?
- Replies: 11
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Re: Fletcher tab gun - repairable?
Both Framer's Equipment and Lion are able to supply parts for Fletcher Terry items of equipment, I would suggest that you carefully examine the various internal parts looking for signs of something which is excessively worn, or failed and see if you need a replacement part. It has been my personal e...
- Sat 30 Dec, 2023 1:28 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Fletcher tab gun - repairable?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 167596
Re: Fletcher tab gun - repairable?
They take a bit of figuring out how to get them back together, but it's can be done. The channel at the botton with the big spring, the hammer weight and the hammer blade need to go in last. To do this you need to slacken the screws at the top of the plastic casing and not yet have the bottom screws...
- Thu 21 Dec, 2023 3:26 pm
- Forum: Adverts/Sales/Wants
- Topic: Morso Blades
- Replies: 10
- Views: 134256
Re: Morso Blades
My understanding is that this type of blade has a shorter cutting edge and wiill limit the width of mouldings which you can cut. Yes, you will get twice as much use of both sides before you need to get the blades sharpened, but the shorter cutting edge would be a limitation when cutting wider mouldi...
- Wed 20 Dec, 2023 8:50 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: underpinner identification help, please
- Replies: 7
- Views: 33526
Re: underpinner identification help, please
The foot pedal is the clue here. If I am not mistaken, that is a Thorpe international underpinner. They were sold through Origin Framing Supplies who were based in Croyden. It's a very long time ago, but I remember seeing one being demostrated at the Spring Fair during the 1990's. This was a very lo...
- Tue 19 Dec, 2023 1:05 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Oak supplier advice
- Replies: 28
- Views: 286922
Re: Oak supplier advice
I've never had a bad batch of oak from Rose and Hollis yet, of course you do get variations, but all natural wood is like that. I like to match the pieces of oak within a single frame and consequently buy all my natural wood mouldings in batches, so I can match bits from different lengths. I get my ...
- Sun 17 Dec, 2023 11:46 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Tiles into coasters?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 86982
Re: Tiles into coasters?
I've framed a few hand painted tiles, there's a local artist that makes them. There are a bit easy to damage, because thay are only made from plaster and because of this it is normal practice to frame them to hang on the wall. I was not aware that framing tiles is anything particuarly unusual. Seems...
- Sun 17 Dec, 2023 11:26 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Morso Mitre handle stuck on 13th tooth arc
- Replies: 19
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Re: Morso Mitre handle stuck on 13th tooth arc
I've had some other thoughts. 1. If the rebate supports are closed up too near the measurement rule on the the machine, they can stop against the rule and prevent the blades from moving any further severely restrict the movement of the blades towards the fences, but you have to be attempting to cut ...
- Sun 17 Dec, 2023 9:03 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Morso Mitre handle stuck on 13th tooth arc
- Replies: 19
- Views: 287909
Re: Morso Mitre handle stuck on 13th tooth arc
It is almost certainly due to sticky through a lack of lubrication. I've had my own Morso starting to get a ittle bit stuck and needed to lubricate it through the little hole on top of the flat cast iron surface in front of the pivoting fences. There's a small countersunk hole there, which I only re...
- Wed 29 Nov, 2023 3:06 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Cassese CS79 underpinner - fix info required
- Replies: 4
- Views: 21324
Re: Cassese CS79 underpinner - fix info required
I had this same problem when I had a CS-79. There was a batch of machines with this problem. If I remember rightly, I bought my machine from Lion, by I may have spoken to Simons about the problem. It's so long ago that I'm not completely sure. I was sent some washers in a small Jiffy bag, with some ...
- Wed 29 Nov, 2023 2:54 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Pistorius Underpinner - Problem
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10242
Re: Pistorius Underpinner - Problem
Manual Pistorius machines are pretty bullet proof. Everything all operates off the same machine chain and pulley, so it's a process of elimination before you can be sure where the problem is. Check that the chain has not stretched by seeing if you can pull the chain away from the pulley in the middl...
- Sun 26 Nov, 2023 4:53 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Non-Reflective Glass in a Box Frame
- Replies: 4
- Views: 24714
Re: Non-Reflective Glass in a Box Frame
I've always understood that 2mm plain float glass is only consider suitable for sizes upto 1 metre square glass size. Normal diffused reflection (non reflective glass) tends to fuzz the image as it is moved further away from the object, or artwork, so normal basic non reflective glass would not norm...
- Mon 20 Nov, 2023 2:42 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: How to increase rebate depth
- Replies: 12
- Views: 93624
Re: How to increase rebate depth
Hi john,
Do you remember me extending the depth of frames by adding a spacer inside the rebate? You told me that they looked like cockoo clocks. Well sorry, but there were still times when I still did this, needs must!!!
Do you remember me extending the depth of frames by adding a spacer inside the rebate? You told me that they looked like cockoo clocks. Well sorry, but there were still times when I still did this, needs must!!!
- Thu 16 Nov, 2023 11:16 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Moulding ID
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6892
Re: Moulding ID
Not so many embossed mouldings around these days, but Simons 000S/444 is still listed on their website, which may be o.k. if you don't mind a little bit darker mahogany finish.
https://djsimons.co.uk/product/reverse- ... gold-line/
https://djsimons.co.uk/product/reverse- ... gold-line/
- Thu 16 Nov, 2023 11:00 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Removing lacquer
- Replies: 5
- Views: 26085
Re: Removing lacquer
Removing lacquer is risky. You don't know the chemical composition of the laquer, therefore you don't know the best solvent to remove it. Also if the moulding includes lacquer and colouring and that is removed when removing the lacquer this can be a problem. Best if you can avoid getting into too mu...
- Tue 14 Nov, 2023 12:31 pm
- Forum: Adverts/Sales/Wants
- Topic: Wanted: Workbench (ideally with mountboard storage), mountboard storage and plan chest - Wales area
- Replies: 5
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Re: Wanted: Workbench (ideally with mountboard storage), mountboard storage and plan chest - Wales area
I made my own, as I was broke at the time. My first shop was quite small, my secnd shop is even smaller, but if you make you own you can customerise it to best suit your available space. I made the basic framework out of 2" x 2" timber cut on the Morso, which makes it much easier.
- Tue 14 Nov, 2023 10:23 am
- Forum: After Hours
- Topic: hand mitre saws
- Replies: 11
- Views: 66420
Re: hand mitre saws
I've also got a nobex hand operated mitre saw and also the measuring extension, which I bought from Lion. I can't tell which make the extension was, but if you are getting one of these saws, I can definitely recommend the measuring extension, as the make live so much easier. It's just too easy to ma...
- Sun 12 Nov, 2023 10:05 pm
- Forum: After Hours
- Topic: hand mitre saws
- Replies: 11
- Views: 66420
Re: hand mitre saws
My assumption is that we are taking about normal trade type woodworking mitre saw which can be bought from most tools shops and suppliers. Before anyone goes rushing out to buy an electric mitre saw, there are a few things to consider: 1. Small hobby grade electric mitre saws are mde for DIY woodwor...
- Thu 09 Nov, 2023 10:15 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Anybody recognise this?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 32665
Re: Anybody recognise this?
No, it was a really big moulding!
- Thu 09 Nov, 2023 3:19 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Anybody recognise this?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 32665
Re: Anybody recognise this?
Hi john,
You are right! My moulding length was a lot wider than 60mm. It was also too high for the maximum height of the morso blades, I had to pul them up further by hand!
You are right! My moulding length was a lot wider than 60mm. It was also too high for the maximum height of the morso blades, I had to pul them up further by hand!
- Thu 09 Nov, 2023 1:33 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Anybody recognise this?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 32665
Re: Anybody recognise this?
I bought some a long time ago in a job lot from a framer which was closing down, it originally came from Euro mouldings. The Frinton Gallery have it in various widths in the mouldings calalogue, these are hand made mouldings, not all that cheap but beaufully produced. I could not sell the lengh whic...