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Why not use Duct Tape?
Posted: Sat 01 Nov, 2008 3:53 pm
by WelshFramer
Seems to me that if they'd used duct tape they would only have needed one piece:
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Then they could have saved enough money to buy a sharper blade:
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Re: Why not use Duct Tape?
Posted: Sat 01 Nov, 2008 4:21 pm
by prospero
Nice one.

Re: Why not use Duct Tape?
Posted: Sat 01 Nov, 2008 6:25 pm
by Bill Henry
Nothing unusual … an old New England tradition. Over here they teach framers to cut mounts with a chain saw.
Re: Why not use Duct Tape?
Posted: Sat 01 Nov, 2008 9:09 pm
by prospero
I never wanted to be lumberjack. I wanted to be...... a picture framer!

Re: Why not use Duct Tape?
Posted: Sun 02 Nov, 2008 4:55 pm
by kev@frames
its got to be a DIY one.
yeah

the old chain saw

Always handy in the workshop
actually we keep one handy for cutting down over-long moulding bundles, we dont cut mounts with it any more - honest.
sorry about the jumper it was vintage 1986 after all

Re: Why not use Duct Tape?
Posted: Sun 02 Nov, 2008 9:55 pm
by Not your average framer
WelshFramer wrote:Then they could have saved enough money to buy a sharper blade:
Looks to me like the mount was cut with broken bottle, (probably after drinking the contents of the bottle!)

Re: Why not use Duct Tape?
Posted: Mon 03 Nov, 2008 12:51 pm
by WelshFramer
I've found a much better alternative for hinging. It's cheap and must be the next best thing to conservation hinging.
It doesn't say it's acid free but it is clean peel and UV resistant. It says it protects and, should you spill your coffe it's OK as it's waterproof. What else could you want? Oh yes, and as it's bright orange it's easy to find in a cluttered workshop.
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Re: Why not use Duct Tape?
Posted: Mon 03 Nov, 2008 4:54 pm
by prospero
The worst hinges I ever saw were made by Elastoplast.

Might not have been acid free, but at least they were sterile.
(I kid you not)
Re: Why not use Duct Tape?
Posted: Mon 03 Nov, 2008 5:01 pm
by Roboframer
Breath-able too!
Re: Why not use Duct Tape?
Posted: Sun 09 Aug, 2009 2:51 pm
by rmerre
...Awesome...