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I've just bought a framing business i've been training to frame and i've inherited a bainbridge oval master mount cutter with a serial number 137339. anyway i'm looking for instructions i can keep around for the staff to refer to. I've looked on the interent and can't find anything. Does anyone have a copy they could e-mail to me or does anyone know where i can get some from? Please help

Nielsen-Bainbridge bought rights to the OvalMaster years ago from the old C&H (Caruthers) people.

I’ll betcha if you give them a jingle and/or talk to a rep, he/she will be able to dredge up an old manual for you.

Hi thanks you're a star found the web site and e-mailed them, i've probably got the contact info at the shop as we use nielsen mouldings. thanks again

Hi Summer-data, and welcome to the Forum. Good 'ere, innit!

The very best of luck with your new business!

Hi moglet, thanks so much, it's possibly the most nerve wracking thing i've ever done!! We're closed on monday then having a relaunch on tuesday i haven't slept for weeks!! After numerous disasters and problems i'll be glad to get it over with!

Good luck. Whereabouts is the shop?

So long as you are awake on tuesday !

All the best

summer-data wrote:We're closed on monday then having a relaunch on tuesday...

Excellent! Fingers crossed for a great launch day. Be sure to let us know how things go!

Hi Thanks to everyone whos replied. The shop is in Warrington. Maybe someone can help me with another problem....? I've got a new powerful lap top but it wont handle this forum, it won't load any pages, the only way i can reply is use my desk top, any ideas? ta

Hi,

As Bill has pointed out the Oval-Master which produced by C & H, who were Charles and Herb Carithers.

Besides mountcutters they also produced quite a number of books on mountcutting, which still turn up in the secondhand book market. The instructions for cutting the mount designs in these books are for those who use their C & H brand of mountcutters and may be helpful to you.

It's possible that in the business you've bought may even be the odd one of these books.

I got some of these books from a business which was closing down at the same time as I bought an old Magnolia oval cutter which is based on the same principles as the Oval-Master.

I later sold my old Magnolia for a good price while buying the Keencut Oval 6 I now have. This may be something for you to bear in mind if you are planning on changing your C & H for something else at a later time. Considering how little use oval cutters normally get, they usually appear to be in good condition and therefore should always have some resale value.

Having seen and used an Oval-master, I can tell you that it's very well made and you can get some very good results with it too!

the results are great we've even taken it to the next step, we hardly used it so we sourced some clock parts and we cut circles and make clocks too. means the oval cutter earns it's keep as we get very few ovals to cut

Well done if your cutting good ovals with it - I could never get on with my Bainbridge C&H oval cutter. My recollection of the manual is that it was very brief. Its one of those machines you have to get to know. Nielsen should be able to help you - they have a member of staff who is very good with this machine.

Hi Mark
I've just had an e-mail from a rep of thiers who has sent a copy of the manual. thanks for everyones help. first official day tomorrow (tues) wish me luck!!

Break a leg!