The Framers Forum

It's easy to mark very dark mountboard with 'shiny' scuff lines for want of a better description. I've saved many a mount by wiping a slightly damp cloth quickly over the affected area and letting it dry. It's also handy to have a (white) pencil rubber to hand for light boards. You could always wear...

That's really great thanks a lot all.

I was wondering where I could get some quality pine for making box frames. Wood that generally isn't arched a lot across it's width. Is there a moulding supplier that does it specifically for frames? At the moment I'm using the 'good' stuff from Homebase which works out at around 4 pounds a metre. E...

Hi daveym, it would be helpful if you stated the depth you require. This is a normal frame I've just done for someone who does scrabble letters to give as a wedding present with the back screwed on. Basically in goes the glass, drop in the mount and cut strips of mountboard the width of the depth of...

MDF is the way to go if you're limited to local DIY shops. I don't know if you'd be able to get 2mm but Wickes do 3mm sheets. I've got 30 x four inch deep box frames to make next week (10" x 8") and the backs are to be glued and pinned on (I think panel pins would look better than staples)...

There is a guy selling self adhesive Morso angle scales on ebay. The scale with the EZY system is the wrong way round but obviously could be used with a different scale.

This is how I've been doing them by slapping some MDF (I know) on the inside to get the raised bit which holds the glass in. Access has to be from the front which is a little bit of a pain (well to me anyway). I'm not doing the actual framing. The customer wants to line the sides right up to the gla...

Good idea with the pillar drill thanks will certainly look into it. The box frames may become a regular thing at ten plus a time. They are four inches deep with the backs glued & pinned on. Access is from the front by removing the top frame and the customer wants to line the inside and wrap it o...

That's great thanks all.

Never having used one I would like to know please what sort of router I should buy for getting the lip on the front edge of the box on deep box frames (which sits inside the rebate of the top frame). I assume it's done first on the length of wood before cutting it rather than after the box is made u...

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Resin content?

prospero wrote:btw. DO NOT gooogle "Stanley Strap Clamps" with the safe search off.

Look at the simple underpinning head on page 15 of the Lion catalogue (you can view the pages of their catalogue online). It just fits onto a standard drill stand. You'd have to make up some spacers the same thickness as the drill stand base to keep the frame at 90 degrees to the wedges.

I was looking for a Morso and ended up with an Orteguil. Obviously I cannot make any comparisons but the Orteguil is very well engineered and works great. I don't know what makes one make of guillotine better than another, I suppose tolerances, blade metal, parts availability etc. BTW if going for a...

Thanks. I've stretched them and all looks OK. One is a heavyweight canvas with thick dollops of paint. The other is a lot lighter which I was a bit wary of in case I tore it. They are both a metre square. I'm sure there are some horror stories out there of ripped canvases while stretching?

Is it a big office?

You could fashion some clips a bit like plumbers saddle clips and screw them through mountboard to a rigid backing. Obviously they would be seen, I personally would make them a feature of the finished framing job if they didn't look too clumsy. Would look good if they held the crowbar away from the ...

It just so happens I've just taken on two 1 metre square canvases (not valuable in monetary terms [from their holiday in India]) from someone I've done framing for in the past (I must be doing something right). At this size I will brace the bars (like the English flag). I know I shouldn't be working...

Thanks for that. I see they also hold courses in High Wycombe which is a lot closer to me than Manchester.

Thanks Roboframer.

("At a stretch!") Drole