The Framers Forum

Hi

Any sugestions for weights to hold down prints while measuring etc . i had a look at the Lion offerings but were a bit on the light side.
Many thanks

Jon

Cut scrap glass into 8cm squares, pile them up in pieces of ten and wrap in handy wrap film and you have really useful weights at virtually no cost. Every now and again rewrap them to keep them clean.

I’ll second the DIY glass weights.

I used to stick them all together, ATG tape is fine, wrap them in fabric, for safety, and then in melinex so they could be easily cleaned a lot of times before being re-wrapped.

Thanks for response, glass it is .

Paperweights - plenty around cheaply on ebay and far more attractive and professional to customers than offcuts of glass.

If wrapped as I described they can look pretty good, but I was thinking workshop use.

For the sales counter, a couple of long strips of thick acrylic is also a good idea, as long as the edges are seamed.

Top row from left:
A real weight
Some kind of weight I found in a thrift store. I have two and these are my favourite. Small yet heavy and that little hook as a handle.
From my son. It’s a bit to light. I like the thread, good grip.
From my son.

Second row from left:
From my son. It’s really heavy.
Peace from a candle light holder from thrift store. A bit to light and slippery. It’s low so good if I need to hold down something in a drawer.
The other part from the candle light holder. One of my brown real weights were broken so I took the pearls and glued them in. Heavy but a bit slippery. Used in drawers.
Inside the purple is a piece from my son. I should cover the other piece as well. Heavy, low and not slippery.

My son is in school learning milling (?).