The Framers Forum

glad you've managed to shift them Ricky, thanks : )

NOOOO! what a shame to dump them, I got rid of a Nielsen tower about 5-6 years ago and am now thinking about getting one again, remind me, is it on wheels Ricky ?
Thanks,
Adam/Bagpuss

Err... it's now there in the table... I think I must had a "senior" moment in front of the customer
I'll get my coat .....

sorry about that, thanks anyway,
Adam

Sorry, I don't think I've had this problem before, I couldn't find the above moulding so I just clicked on ; Options - Suppliers - Download Suppliers' Moulding Tables I still can't see this new moulding though, L2693 ? Is there something I'm not doing ? I did reboot Estlite but still no show. Thanks...

I've been asked by a customer who has an ornate Gold gilt frame with a mirror, she wants to clean it, the best I could suggest was some light brushing with an old toothbrush and some cotton wool. Is there a better way which won't be too abbrasive ?
Thanks in advance,
Adam/Bagpuss

Did you find a printer to do this DaveyM ? I'm looking for a suitable printer to feed A3 size mountboard through, with a view to printing lettering onto mounts, would be interested if you have .
Thanks,
Adam / Bagpuss

Great shame Ricky, I did Google your postcode but a bit off the beaten track for me

Does anyone regularly matt laminate photos in your Hotpress ? The last time I did one was about 7 years ago !!?? I had a 40cmx50cm photo, which a customer brought in, this morning I drymounted the photo onto white display board, looked fine : ) I then went up in the loft to find the roll of Hotpress...

I have a customer who wanted a non-reflective glass over his oil on canvas on board, I thought this would be fine as it was a lovely oil painting of a gorilla that he had commissioned. I then mentioned a museum glass that would give him UV protection as well a reflection control, I was just about to...

Thank you David for taking the time to reply, my heart sank when you said cooking your own wheat starch, i can just about manage a Pot Noodle in the kitchen.....
Cheers,
Adam/Bagpuss

Hi,
can anyone tell me where they buy Hayaku tape please, I use to get it from Lion but they don't stock anymore. Thanks,
Adam / Bagpuss

Hi, I am crying while I type this ... I have just finished a football shirt frame, wrapped it with film and corners, just taking it to the Stock room ( the front room ) and caught it on the edge of a chair :head: I now have to spend best part of an hour opening it up and making a new frame. I really...

Hi, I do a lot of framed football shirts, boxing gloves etc. but when anyone asks for a perspex box for a football or baseball cap I suggest they buy one on Amazon. Can anyone suggest a manufacturer who you buy perspex boxes from ? not picture framing suppliers, a bit too expensive .... Thanks in ad...

Ditto for Estlite, as a one man band I cant see the advantage of running software in the cloud, I backup every night religiously to Dropbox, never had a problem with it the years I've been running it . It's a piece of pish to use as well, before I moved to Estlite I used pricing software that I had ...

WHY DID I SELL THIS ??? I WANT IT BACK !

Well something similar or one of those 5 / 8 sided Carousels would do the trick, has anyone got one they are looking to offload?

With thanks,
Bagpuss/Adam

Thanks for your comments gents, much appreciated. After all these years, I'm still trying to come up with a simple and accurate way of keeping on top my stock and at the same time not over ordering and adding to my mountain of unused moulding : ( I've been doing some Chop orders recently from Lion, ...

I've been using Estlite quite a few years now and am more than happy with it, does anyone use it to keep track of moulding stock and if so, how effective is it ? I never bothered looking into it but thought this might make my life a bit easier when it comes to placing orders for moulding. Amy words ...

Did anyone else have a guy ring up for a last minute framing job this morning ??? Customers eh ??

Merry Christmas to one and all , put your feet up, stuff yourself silly with Christmas goodies and get ready to start all over again on the 27th !

Well if you have the camera fixed to the ceiling, you will have to climb up to switch it on, also press a button on the back of the camera to activate the wifi link to the tablet. The camera has rechargeable battery , but it's a little bit like the ones on a phone in shape , square and flat and it ...

I got one of these https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00RTGJSQU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 you can link via wifi to a tablet of phone, to down load your images, plus you can control the camera from the tablet including the zoom, but it would mean climbing up each time you wan...