The Framers Forum

correction £250 - £350. Typo. Also that probably includes a manual cutter come to think of it. I also meant to say if you are going to buy second hand then the mountcutter is maybe the last bit of kit I would recommend to buy second hand - they need to be precise and some can be a bit worn or have t...

I think Logan do some boards that aren't too expensive where you just basically use a hand bevel cutter but it has a guide rail, few stops etc. Some of the measuring is with a pencil first, one of my framers bought his home one in the other week so I saw one. Maybe £250 to -£250 for a jumbo one. A h...

What glass? - Everyone know tapestries, just like oils, need to breathe. Tip from another website on needlepoint: "Needlepoint and other textiles need to breathe. Avoid framing under glass, or use spacers between the glass and needlework." i.e. a doublemount is a good way of making sure i...

If you have your own business and can write invoices out for subcontracting/self-employment that should help greatly because for small businesses employees and the hassle of setting that up is a big pain and demand can be up and down like a bride's nightie, as we say in yorkshire anyway. It's a seas...

If anybody has a jumbo CMC of reasonable spec. and age, still cutting perfect corners, I would be interested in buying second hand or taking over a lease. Budget £5k or thereabouts. I think they are overpriced as new for the technology - I don't shy away from controversy! Only justified if you have ...

I'm a Mensan called James Cook, funnily enough talking of Australia, and from fairly near Whitby and Scarborough. So I feel qualified to speak here. I was the only person in my organisation of 4 who could load the ATG, usually with a struggle each time. Even then if it had not been used for a bit th...

Ignoring the fact you are probably best buying them in, perfectly cut - save you a lot of effort and waste maybe... I have a Keencut Excalibur 5000 which I imagine is similar to the Fletcher you talk about but I'm too lazy to look up just now. My plastic scoring blades are just utitlity blades turne...

Got sorted with the Mainline mouldings number. I can recommend this company who I hadn't come across before - the website was modern, easy to use and to see the range, they got a sample to me dead quick, did me the box price on 24m so I could see the quality, came next day really well packed. The le...

Quick correction - it's only out of stock till July 12th when I just looked but still in need.

Anybody got any of this moulding they don't need? It's a smooth matt black box style 22mm wide 30mm deep. It's out of stock till July 26th and I use a lot of it, despite the fact it's not nice to cut it's a stylish look for the price. Ideally I'm looking for a 100m box of it. Otherwise I'm going to ...

It still appears to be free for a basic job listing in York. Maybe it's more for a featured ad or something. Good luck with it anyway.

I guess you might be right about London - people need higher wages perhaps. At face value I thought it would be easier to find skilled people in London but maybe not.

Try your local Gumtree for free classified ads online. I think there will be plenty of people looking at the moment. I live in rural yorkshire where skilled staff are very hard to come by, or so I thought. I put one simple ad on Gumtree York and got about 20 -30 responses. Quite a few people want pa...

Epson dominated the fine art and photography market for many years but I think that is why the other two, HP and Canon, may offer better value as they vye for market share. I have owned Epson 10600 and then switched to HP z3100/3200 but also speak to users of other machines. I'm not bang up to date ...

Been following the forum for a few months now and really enjoy the humour and chat. I am quite new to picture framing so it's useful, if only to know it's possible to deal with framing suppliers prices, stock shortages and quality issues and maintain a sense of humour. Luckily I employ a 25 year exp...

Thanks, I understand your point but set-up costs on box making machines I feel might kill the job and my sizes and depths of frame are so varied (I offer 27,000 pre-published prints with 30 different frames online + 20 or more canvas sizes). Then I have to store the boxes, find the right size one ea...

Thanks for the insights on wall mounting. I got some foam cushion edging from rajapack 20mm thick on sample (the blue stuff for furniture) and this may be the way forward for framed prints. It works out 30-40p a metre I think in volume which may seem a lot for price led online sales, but If I don't ...

Wow thanks to all for so much help. When I say small workshop it's about 1200 square feet plus storage above the offices and toilets to the 4m height. About half of it is dedicated to office, printers, part-time photo studio, reception and display, the other half workshop. There's room for a jumbo C...

I have a wallmounted mountcutter already and a sheet material cutter. Quite new to in-house picture framing but being doing large-format printing and canvases for years. Mainly online or for others online so 90% of products need packaging, and a vast array of sizes. My premises are small and I keep ...