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by kartoffelngeist
Fri 17 Nov, 2017 10:58 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wastage continued & RMFs
Replies: 28
Views: 18580

Re: Wastage continued & RMFs

My post seems to have disappeared, sorry if it comes back and I'm repeating myself! There will almost definitely be an art group or two that meet in your local community centre and would be overjoyed to get your scrap mountboard. Backing board too probably. It's good to paint on when resources and m...
by kartoffelngeist
Mon 13 Nov, 2017 2:47 pm
Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Topic: Fancy Corners.
Replies: 16
Views: 14225

Re: Fancy Corners.

That's just made me hungry now!
by kartoffelngeist
Thu 09 Nov, 2017 3:12 pm
Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Topic: Fancy Corners.
Replies: 16
Views: 14225

Re: Fancy Corners.

Love the washlines. Good job.
by kartoffelngeist
Tue 07 Nov, 2017 4:42 pm
Forum: Help!
Topic: FrameCo Benchmaster
Replies: 39
Views: 20798

Re: FrameCo Benchmaster

Do you have any hardwood mouldings you need to pin or do you just want to know that it can handle them?

My cassesse is probably more than capable of it but I don't think I've ever pinned a hard wood frame.

Remember, you decide what choices a customer has.
by kartoffelngeist
Fri 03 Nov, 2017 2:44 pm
Forum: Help!
Topic: Excalibur failure - anybody have bits 'for parts'?
Replies: 7
Views: 3531

Re: Excalibur failure - anybody have bits 'for parts'?

I had the same thing not long ago. It was a woman's first shift using it and the handle came off in her hand! She was mortified.

Had to get the whole bit from Keencut. Hundred odd pounds :sweating:
by kartoffelngeist
Fri 03 Nov, 2017 11:50 am
Forum: Help!
Topic: Moulding ID
Replies: 2
Views: 2675

Re: Moulding ID

Huh...must have missed it in the catalogue!

Thanks a lot!

andrew
by kartoffelngeist
Fri 03 Nov, 2017 10:51 am
Forum: Help!
Topic: Moulding ID
Replies: 2
Views: 2675

Moulding ID

Anyone recognise this?

Doesn't seem overly fancy, but can't seem to find it anywhere!

Cheers!

andrew
by kartoffelngeist
Fri 20 Oct, 2017 2:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: not a morso
Replies: 5
Views: 3295

Re: not a morso

Wonder why anyone would go to the effort of doing that...

I had assumed it was just a morso rip off...right down to the morso green, but I guess that would make sense...
by kartoffelngeist
Fri 20 Oct, 2017 10:24 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: not a morso
Replies: 5
Views: 3295

not a morso

Hi,

We've acquired a machine that looks a lot like a morso...

Does anyone know anything about it? Had a quick google and couldn't come up with much. Is it any good?

Any thoughts welcome!
by kartoffelngeist
Fri 20 Oct, 2017 10:20 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Re: How to secure spoons to the backboard?
Replies: 12
Views: 6674

Re: How to secure spoons to the backboard?

I would happily advise the customer what kind of wax or other products to use. Definitely wouldn't be doing it myself unless I knew what I was doing (and, maybe more importantly :wink:, was charging appropriately for it!). Also, I would have thought that wanting to take them out and using glue to st...
by kartoffelngeist
Mon 16 Oct, 2017 12:35 pm
Forum: Help!
Topic: Pinning wedge-shaped mouldings
Replies: 11
Views: 5559

Re: Pinning wedge-shaped mouldings

prospero wrote:Or you could glue and throw a strap clamp round and cinch it up as tight as possible. Then pin it.
That's what I do, seems to work...
by kartoffelngeist
Wed 11 Oct, 2017 9:01 am
Forum: Business Matters
Topic: Photos on social media, website
Replies: 10
Views: 9359

Re: Photos on social media, website

poliopete wrote:kartoffelngeist Beg to differ :? I believe these framers are (in the main) a smart bunch :wink: and know their business.
Absolutely. I'll bet there are a few IP lawyers who are smart and know their business too, but I wouldn't take their advice on stacking mouldings or cutting v-grooves...
by kartoffelngeist
Wed 11 Oct, 2017 8:26 am
Forum: After Hours
Topic: too much choice?!
Replies: 8
Views: 6414

Re: too much choice?!

In fact, I'd say it's the only way to interpret and apply them to a framing context!
by kartoffelngeist
Tue 10 Oct, 2017 1:41 pm
Forum: Business Matters
Topic: Photos on social media, website
Replies: 10
Views: 9359

Re: Photos on social media, website

If you require more info' from FF members regarding copyright - enter "copyright" in the search box top right and over 250 matches comes up :shock: Lots of bed time reading there :giggle: Peter Unfortunately, most of it written by people with very little understanding of copyright law! :D...
by kartoffelngeist
Wed 04 Oct, 2017 10:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lost property
Replies: 12
Views: 8299

Re: Lost property

Under *no* circumstances pay for legal advice. In OP's case it is £800 worth of framing. Raw materials probably £150-£200 some of which could probably be recycled anyway. So his loss is reasonably small apart from his time. The moment lawyers are involved then his likely loss immediately gets large...
by kartoffelngeist
Mon 02 Oct, 2017 1:03 pm
Forum: Help!
Topic: Reasonable Price?
Replies: 18
Views: 10985

Re: Reasonable Price?

I imagine going without the left hand support wouldn't be too big a problem.

If you could find something anywhere the right height to support the moulding you'd be laughing.
by kartoffelngeist
Thu 28 Sep, 2017 10:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Large frame with narrow moulding.
Replies: 16
Views: 11466

Re: Large frame with narrow moulding.

It's worth remembering...as narrow as humanly possible means just that.

So it'll be as narrow as possible for this size.
by kartoffelngeist
Wed 27 Sep, 2017 2:21 pm
Forum: Help!
Topic: Floater frames
Replies: 1
Views: 1293

Floater frames

I generally try to avoid them but I guess I can't keep avoiding them forever! There was a heap of plain obeche L shaped moulding in the workshop when I started and I've always just painted that as required. The customer now has 2 canvasses which are about 1.5" deep and he want's a wide chunky b...
by kartoffelngeist
Wed 27 Sep, 2017 9:05 am
Forum: Help!
Topic: Thin black frames
Replies: 38
Views: 24441

Re: Thin black frames

Does anyone else get 'thin black frame' as the standard thing that customers ask for when they don't know what they want? Never sure if it's just me...

Also hate narrow frames. Going to have to have a go at pimping up my cs-88 though! Something with a bit more grip sounds helpful.