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Now Sold

For sale is our oval mount cutter its in excellent condition hardly had any use at all, comes with instruction book and a few spare blades.
We are looking for £100 for the cutter.
This is collection only or you can arrange your own courier.

Cheers
Adrian

image.jpeg Up for sale is our hot press 260 the press is about 8 years old but is only used a few times a month, so is in excellent condition. There is a wooden bench I made which will come with the press if you want it, there are various laminates also canvas, linen, sand and satin Matt nearly ful...

Hi all, I had a customer in today, he brought a painting in which was on a thick paper, the way it was painted was the artist had painted all the paper in black and scraped off parts to create a image, which looked lovely. Now back to business the size of the painting is 6ft X 3ft 6" he dosn't ...

Hi all,

Thanks firstly for the advice, I had a play with the newberry method as described in previous posts and it worked with great success, luckily I had around 30mm extra silk all around the edge so had plenty to clamp in the aperture.

Thanks again you guys .

Adrian.

Hi all, I've had a job in to frame a Asian Hand Painted Silk it measure 36" X 14" and has been rolled up for two years so after unrolling it, it was quite crinkled and rippled and a bit of paint flaking in small areas. the customer wants a double mount behind glass, which I suppose will he...

Hi,

I run a picture framing workshop in Stourbridge and have a hot press, so if I can be of any help in the future to assist you in any special requirements, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Many Thanks
Adrian (07725 760147)

Hi,

Sorry the catalogues I've searched are Lion, Simons and Mainline, If it can't be matched can anyone suggest a close match, even if I suggest re-framing the original to match the new or will that de-value the original because I now its worth around £300.

Thanks
Adrian

Hi everyone, I've had a client request to match an existing moulding . I've searched all my books to find it and have a guess what no joy, so I'm sure someone on this great forum can help. The moulding is a smooth matt black and is 65mm wide, the customer has told me he purchased the frame which has...

Thanks both two totally different styles both very impressive, I'd like to see those edges on picturemakers boards to see if they are good as they look. I wont be attempting that one just yet!!

Received wood bits today so will be practicing hanging sysytem on Monday.

Thanks again
Adrian

Hi,

Thanks again you obviously buy that from a kitchen supplier eg. magnet and southerns. (do you have these people in Ireland ???)
Is the iron on type or do you glue it permanently ?

Much appreciated
Adrian

Hi,

Great quick response as always I'll get a set on order, another question what is an edgebanded edge ?????????? just curious may need to now in the future to offer as an alternative.

Thanks again
Adrian

Hi all, Sorry not a general framing question, but has anyone attempted MDF Edge Wraps, the reason I ask is I've had an enquiry to do a number of these. I've watched the tutorial on the Hot Press DVD which was very helpful the only thing it didn't show was what type of hanging system to use. I've sca...

Hi, Until recently I cut my MDF back boards the same as you for 2 years, until I brought a Flecher 3100 off e-bay 2 months ago, I will honestly say if I knew it would be that easy to get the quality on the finished cut I would of brought one years ago, its no just the quality of cut also the consist...

Hi Steve,

If can be of any assistance to, I have an hot press and only located in Stourbridge, If not this time I may be able to help in the future, give me a call if I can help 07725 760147.

Thanks

Adrian

Hi rihannan Tabmaster are doing good deals at the moment on CS88's I think they are selling them for £800.00 plus V.A.T and I think they are throwing in free delivery, I brought one about 4 weeks ago. It came in a couple of days they are based in leicester. Also there are a couple of good used secon...

Hi, I brought one 6 weeks ago and its a excellent piece of kit. Not only great for joining ueven mould but you don't have to use that stupid piece of bendy metal when joining small moulding just slide the pad forward and bingo. I've infact bought another since and replaced the felt pad with firm rub...

Hi Paul, I use a flecher 2200 and it is the only mountcutter I've owned so I can't comment on the keencut, anyway the flecher has a really smooth cutting action, but I clean it every week with lighter fluid wpied clean then a silicone spray for that smooth action. I use three interchangable blade ca...

Hi,

Can I make a suggestion put your underpinner on e-bay, I tried to sell my 4 year old CS79 on the forum about a month ago for £300 it did not sell so I put it on e-bay and got £320.00 for it withinn 6 days. So try it first and if all else fails take my advice
it will sell.

Adrian