Underpinner (and other machinery) Hacks

[Fruitini]

Thought it would be interesting to see if others had developed simple hacks and methods to improve life using picture framing machinery.

A couple of very simple additions to my minigraf make me smile (simple pleasures….!). I now stick a piece of removable tape on the back edge of my underpinner fence rather than letting the glue build up and having to attack with a blade regularly. Quick and easy removal and replacement.

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My minigraf has the clamp come down in increments which despite having various firmness of pads was leaving some mouldings crushed and dented and rebates broken. I have found a simple triangle of 5mm Perspex distributes the pressure load better and makes light work of those difficult to join moulding. The fact it’s see-through means you can still line up those mitres perfectly

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What simple hacks do you do that others might not know about?

[vintage frames]

Clever.
I wish I'd thought of that when I used to spend an age hacking away the glue residue with a razor blade.

[prospero]

Good Idea!

I do a similar thing with the pressure pad which can get an accretion of glue and this can mark the corner. I used to
use clingfilm, but this can get trapped in the join. Masking tape works great. (I am a bit lavish with the glue).

[Justintime]

I have my fences faced in white tape after a particularly sensitive finish on a moulding was marked from simply sliding the sticks into place. My panel cutter has a little red piece of insulation tape on the vertical bar which I remember at the time thinking was a genius idea. Sadly I now have no clue what it was for...

[fitz]

Great tips. I’m not sure if this is a hack as such but I discovered that the measure stop on my Morso was separating from the fence by about a millimetre when I pushed the moulding into it. I thought this could be a problem if sometimes I pushed the moulding tight causing it to separate and other times not which would result in unequal lengths (albeit only a mm or two potentially) To make sure the stop remains tight against the fence I now always use a small clamp as per photo. Might be of interest to some who have the same style of measure stop as mine.

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[prospero]

Yep. The later machines have a slightly different slide design that allows you to clamp it closer to the end.

It's always worth checking for little bits that get trapped in the \ and can give a false reading.

[Justintime]

Fitz, I swapped mine out with the updated one a while ago, which can be clamped close to the guage. Much better now. Underpinnerspares I think.

[fitz]

£

[fitz]

Thank you. (Ignore above £ sign, don’t know what happened there)

[Justintime]

P.S. Looking at mine this morning, I only replaced the bevelled sliding measure as it was really worn. I then simply removed the bolt in the clamp and move the clamp as close as I want to the bevel.

[Not your average framer]

Mine is well nacked and has two of the original Morso clamps on it one at each end. The scale on my Morso under reads by by about ! millimeter, for some unknown reason.

[prospero]

I have a set of these on my Morso. I've never seen them on anyone else's machine or even heard mention of them
on my travels. I fitted them myself and are a gen Morso accessory. I had to drill the block to fit them but I think
later machines had pre-drilled holes. They keep the rebate supports at a set distance and work very well.

Anyone else have them?

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[grahamdown]

I'm looking for a a pair of Morso auto rebate supports if anyone has a set?

[IFGL]

I have a set of these on my Morso. I've never seen them on anyone else's machine or even heard mention of them
on my travels. I fitted them myself and are a gen Morso accessory. I had to drill the block to fit them but I think
later machines had pre-drilled holes. They keep the rebate supports at a set distance and work very well.


Anyone else have them?

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Yeah, my machine came with auto rebate supports, for the longest time I thought they all had them.

[IFGL]

Epoxy resin rare earth magnets to your machines, for a handy place to keep the spanners you use on that machine!

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[Fruitini]

Genius! All over this already!