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I'm just about to embark on a bit of double mounting.. is there a rule of thumb of which colours to go for? I'm guessing to pick a colour within my photograph is a good start! :D (and mat on mat as I understand). I am also looking for a good quality mountboard in Lavender.... I've looked at Colourmo...

Love it.... thank you!

Thanks to both Jim and John for your help.
Anna

Many thanks John. I would normally do image outwards but have four A1 and A2 frames I'd like to use.
Thanks for your help.
Anna

Final question - I have some A1 and A2 frames and would like to know what the ideal ratio is for mount size... ie, what would the ideal picture sizes be for A1/A2.
Many thanks.

Hi there - I've had my morso and moulding sitting in my studio for a few weeks (due to other life pressures I haven't engaged with it properly) I am now ready to do so but am not really making sense of my notes for measuring etc :D So.. I have a mounted image which is 250mmx250mm. As I understand it...

My apologies.. I meant mitre and thank you for your helpful post...my mind is made up to go for thr cs88.

Hello! I'm looking at Underpinners (Cassese). My framing will be simple, nothing fancy and the biggest one would probably be A1 size (mainly A3 size). I understand that the CS88 is the better of the two.. but is more expensive. I need a machine which is simple to use ... I have a morso so my mount c...

Thanks for replies both. I'm not sure what I've done wrong as I thought my measurements were spot on (I think some weird calculation happened in my head)! Need to revisit my thought processes..... I'll get there....Thank you though!

Hello there.... OK... I have a frame and I have an image. This may seem like a really simple question (my apols as I'm a little dyslexic where maths is concerned) but is there a full proof and easy way to calcuate the size of the apperture? No hurry for replies as I know it's a BH weekend! Thank you.

Yes please if you could. Many thanks.

Hi there... sure I've missed the boat on either of your Minigraf 4's for sale?
Thank you.

Many thanks for suggestions!

Thanks for reply Chris - all makes sense.. I have lengthened blade and all tickety boo.. I need to have more confidence in myself.. day by day I'm learning more and more, this can only be a good thing... I'll get there!

Good morning! Hopefully this will be a simple one.. straight cutting - I'm using a double 012 blade (mount is colourfast C3975 so not a particularly stubborn mount? And this was the default blade when I received the machine). But it's not cutting through in one go. I swapped it for a single 012 and ...

Thanks for useful and informative replies..... It wouldn't surprise me if my friend works with raw wood and, also knowing him.. he wouldn't rush... at all. :) It's all good stuff to learn that there are different ways of doing things; that way I can make an informed decision of my way forward. For n...

Good evening Framers... just putting this out there really. I met a friend today who's a carpenter and he makes and sells his own frames. Because he's a carpenter and not a framer he uses band clamps and not an underpinner. From what he was telling me, it seems pretty straight forward. I am just get...

Good morning! :D My present vehicle is a car (Mazda CX-3 Sport) which I love but it's become apparent to me I need to sell and buy AN vehicle which will accommodate my framed work (shows/markets). Gone are the days when I could drive some huge car - am thinking more small van or similar car - Citroe...

Thanks to this brilliant forum I have now sourced a (nearly new) morso and (new) keencut. I'm unable to afford the same again for underpinner and board cutter... it was suggested a second hand Cassesse CS88 is the best manual machine to go for (and not the newer version)?... any recommendations for ...

Thanks for replies back... I need to read up on all info and will make some decisions. And thank you Jim for your kind offer… again… let me have a read up of info and will get back to you.