The Framers Forum

I also built my glass storage, I incorporated it into one of my hand built benches back in 1988 when I first started framing. The bench is constructed from cabinet grade Baltic birch with luan dividers. The luan is much lighter than MDF or other boards and it is more than adequate for storage of gla...

The noise level of most air compressors is the one most annoying factor to using compressed air in the frame shop, in my opinion. Most all of the tools and equipment used by framers draws very little air for operation so the overall supply of air to the system is a rather moot point. I use pneumatic...

Steven, You are indeed a brave soul to tackle mounting an object of such a fragile and temporary nature!! I am not familiar with the cake decorations that you describe in your post. Is it a solid cast decoration out of sugar or is it something that is soft to begin with (such as icing) and you dried...

I would love to get involved in this discussion but feel that the difference in the Pound and the Dollar along with the standard vs. metric would make anything I relate somewhat vague and inaccurate. I use a POS framing program for my frame shop and have my fixed charges and markups adjusted per who...

John, As you may recall from visiting the Yank Grumble I am a staunch advocate of WallBuddies. I have used them for the past few years since Darrell Keller first exhibited them at one of our trade shows. He is actively seeking new accounts and maybe some of your suppliers could contact him through h...

Hi from the US, I just registered today and am very glad to see another forum dedicated to professional framers. I know that alot of you in the UK have monitored and replied to topics on the US Grumble and I hope that this forum builds the following that we have on our forum. It is very beneficial t...