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- Sat 18 May, 2024 9:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Display area - what to include?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 276
Re: Display area - what to include?
Show what you want to sell. And show your level of skill. Never put 'run of the mill' stuff on the wall if you want to sell good stuff. I personally have never put sports shirts on display because it's not what I want to encourage! Everything on my display wall would be framed to the highest standar...
- Mon 29 Apr, 2024 1:37 pm
- Forum: Business Matters
- Topic: Workshop location dilemma
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1493
Re: Workshop location dilemma
I have a worship approx 5m x 6m and I use a circular saw and a Hoffmann and sanders in the same room as a mount cutter and assembly area. First of all, it is not ideal, but it can be done. My approach is as follows 1) I have invested in top quality (M class) vacuum extraction. 2) I do have a plan ch...
- Mon 29 Apr, 2024 1:03 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Display options
- Replies: 6
- Views: 825
Re: Display options
I have a Selwyns display tower for sale. These are silly money new, but do look very smart.
I’d be looking for £400 for it. (There are 2 in the picture but I only have one available) Could deliver for cost in the Midlands. Not available until late May as I am away for a month in Italy.
I’d be looking for £400 for it. (There are 2 in the picture but I only have one available) Could deliver for cost in the Midlands. Not available until late May as I am away for a month in Italy.
- Wed 03 Apr, 2024 6:28 pm
- Forum: Adverts/Sales/Wants
- Topic: For sale - Chevron Display Strips
- Replies: 2
- Views: 323
Re: For sale - Chevron Display Strips
I'll take those please Jonathan. PM me your details, and I'll send the ££s over
- Fri 08 Mar, 2024 11:40 am
- Forum: Business Matters
- Topic: Deposit dilemma....
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2117
Re: Deposit dilemma....
I would invoice the full amount on each frame completed, keeping the deposit in hand until the last of the work comes in, and credit it against that.
- Thu 07 Mar, 2024 10:18 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Fillet Master Instructions Anyone?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2394
Re: Fillet Master Instructions Anyone?
I've got a spare one £100 +postage, AND it includes the original instruction book!
- Thu 07 Mar, 2024 3:10 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Waiting for Hoffmann
- Replies: 5
- Views: 884
Re: Waiting for Hoffmann
I love my Hoffmann, and use it for more than half of the frames I make. Once you have got the hang of it, the results are fantastic. BUT It is significantly slower to make a frame than an underpinner, it creates noise and sawdust, takes time to change the router bit for different sizes, and it is ex...
- Mon 04 Mar, 2024 6:42 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Fabric work top cover
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1013
Re: Fabric work top cover
I also have 2 benches. One is plywood covered with grey framers board - I then put 2 or 3 coats of Polyvine matt varnish over it, hoping it would last a few months. It's been on there for at least a couple of years now, and it is still good. The other one is covered in CUT PILE carpet tiles (not the...
- Mon 04 Mar, 2024 6:35 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: writing on timber
- Replies: 1
- Views: 559
Re: writing on timber
I can laser engrave it for you.
- Mon 26 Feb, 2024 1:19 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Oak supplier advice
- Replies: 28
- Views: 363445
Re: Oak supplier advice
I've had oak delivered from Rose & Hollis and Centrado recently, and it has all been fine. Fine, that is for natural wood. Every tree is different, and the grain pattern and the tone varies from length to length sometimes by a lot, normally it is marginal. I show the customer a range of samples,...
- Tue 30 Jan, 2024 10:36 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Assembling a large mirror 1600x700mm
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1246
Re: Assembling a large mirror 1600x700mm
A quick coat of black paint to the inside of the moulding before assembly will improve the appearance too.
- Mon 29 Jan, 2024 11:46 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Framing insects
- Replies: 2
- Views: 821
Re: Framing insects
Hi Anu I frame a lot of butterflies, and I would first of all suggest that you discuss this with your client. I am assuming that these are mounted on pins. Some of the samples may be secure on the pin, or they may be spinning on the pin. If spinning this will need gluing to secure it, but I certainl...
- Mon 29 Jan, 2024 11:27 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Can I tell what quality mountboard has been used?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1090
Re: Can I tell what quality mountboard has been used?
I understand that you want to do the best by your customer. However, I would remind you not to take on everyone's problems as your own. Having worked for many artists over the years, I would not assume that quality materials or techniques have been used, regardless of the retail price of the artwork...
- Wed 24 Jan, 2024 10:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What extra ‘must have’ equipment would you recommend?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6602
Re: What extra ‘must have’ equipment would you recommend?
I would approach this question a different way. Depending on the type of work you do. Look carefully at what the steps you regularly go through, and which bits could be speeded up with another piece of kit. I have a ruler, Stanley knife, pencil, tape measure etc for each bench to avoid walking backw...
- Tue 23 Jan, 2024 12:46 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: framing silk scarves
- Replies: 5
- Views: 999
Re: framing silk scarves
This is a silk Hermes scarf I did last year. I used conservation mountboard glued to foamcore and then sewed the scarf to the board with a very fine thread.
Easy, but long winded job. Tag gun can leave rather large holes in the silk
Easy, but long winded job. Tag gun can leave rather large holes in the silk
- Tue 16 Jan, 2024 7:37 am
- Forum: Business Matters
- Topic: Selling my business
- Replies: 2
- Views: 13262
Re: Selling my business
Most small framing businesses don’t have any real value as a ‘business’ because the owner is the business. So what you are usually selling is the stock and the equipment. If you have a regular flow of business that is profitable and would definitely transfer to a new owner (contracted for example) t...
- Mon 15 Jan, 2024 6:28 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: translucent mounting and framing of drafting film, and a frame with no sides...
- Replies: 7
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Re: translucent mounting and framing of drafting film, and a frame with no sides...
How about using a normal mount, solving the hingeing and touching the glass issues, and then incorporating some led lighting behind the artwork.
This would look dramatic and be much more cost effective. You might also find a framer willing to take on the job!
This would look dramatic and be much more cost effective. You might also find a framer willing to take on the job!
- Sat 13 Jan, 2024 3:53 pm
- Forum: Business Matters
- Topic: Making Tax Digital
- Replies: 3
- Views: 91982
Re: Making Tax Digital
I’m sure my accountant told me that excel is no longer accepted and that you need to use quickbooks or xero type programs. I’m with John, long ago decided it was worth the money to pay an accountant to deal with HMRC so I don’t have to. I send him the excel and he uses approved software to submit. C...
- Tue 19 Dec, 2023 4:07 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Oak supplier advice
- Replies: 28
- Views: 363445
Re: Oak supplier advice
These days I don't buy much finished moulding, but when I do, I have a higher expectation that it will be virtually all useable. (Which isn't always the case) With unfinished moulding I fully expect to have to cut around a few imperfections, and to finish to the specification I want. Also from Centr...
- Tue 19 Dec, 2023 1:49 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Oak supplier advice
- Replies: 28
- Views: 363445
Re: Oak supplier advice
I buy from Rose & Hollis and Centrado for oak. I have found both to be good quality, although the colour and grain pattern does change from length to length. As a matter of course I sand, shellac and wax oak, and often stain it too, in order to get a good finish. But this is part of the job if y...