The Framers Forum

I do think if I was buying again the framers corner oil free would be attractive - similar price. The oil is not cheap and mine does tend to use a fair bit!

If you choose a good seller they will often help you with support so you don't always have to go direct to manufacturer.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AIR-COMPRESSOR-PRESSURE-SWITCH-SINGLE-PHASE-20AMP-/180585019877?pt=UK_Air_Tools_and_Compressors&hash=item2a0bb4b9e5 I bought a new one on ebay recently - hope the above link works. Was £12. Solved the same problem of not cutting out. Ours didn't cut out til it overheated be...

quite often tough "farrow and ball" paints are used for kitchen furniture. I know Frintons/Wessex do a range intended to mimic them, sometimes as liner frames as they tend to be more in smaller profiles.

They don't use the actual words because of trademarks. Popular for pubs too.

This guy would probably get lots of commissions, but art I do not think it is, I would describe it more as portraiture - even though that can sometimes qualify as serious art. The red ladies seem to lack any originality or emotional content for me. There are probably thousands of low paid painters i...

I agree with Simon that if you don't hide the fixings - going for something industrial looking that might compliment it may be a way forward e.g. chain, pipe brackets, bolts and so on. I did this with a heavy piece of framed perspex with agricultural bolts and used some fairly meaty washers on the b...

Can't find him on search so don't think so. He's not so desperate as to make up his own accreditation too I hope. People who do this kind of boasting generally just look silly and assume that people are as dumb or ignorant as they are - unfortunately some are and will be sucked in but on the whole y...

How clever that the banner advert on this thread showing to me now is for 5,000 leaflets printed up! Like when I go on my local newspaper site now all the banner ads are for things I've been looking at buying online! Bit too big brother for my liking but impressive. The web may well be the way forwa...

The mylar/melinex method seems to be great for a square tile and the gloss not alien to a tile or looking distractful Items like footcasts would not be as easy and probably to my mind need some quite unsightly thinner strapping. I tend to lean towards enjoyment of the item being the primary aim with...

You list your interests as "established canvas printing". I'm not quite sure what you mean by that, but it reads as though you personally invented canvas prints!!! Please elucidate as I'm sure you can be of great help to others on the forum if you did. It would surprise me if you didn't ha...

Basically it seems you are almost making a window so a joiner may help to advise creating your own rebates - and you are probably limited to simple shapes painted or stained finish - though maybe gilding something could look good and you may decorate with pasta or something - not my area of speciali...

I reckon there's a good chance! Biggest single photo canvas print we stretched was 3m (usual stretcher bar profile), but we have done 4m as multi-panel and can't recall a larger one, I hope one day to get a job/excuse to do a huge multi-panel one - Hockney style. I imagine doing a 60 footer is fairl...

We have a couple of wall cutters but do use the Ideal 1110a bench type guillotine occasionally - will do the job. If I recall there are two angles of blade available, one is better for cutting mdf, one for paper. We cut both on our single blade without problem anyway. It is useful for e.g trimming 3...

"It also depends on your type of customer if you do a lot of B2B or public sector contract work where your clients can reclaim VAT - you then add 20% to your invoice without affecting them, while only paying 7-12% to the taxman - kerching. If you mainly sell to consumers this will make you more...

We used flat rate, once on it you can stay on it till turnover is £225k The idea is to save small businesses money on accountancy fees working out input and output VAT - you just go from turnover and can't reclaim inputs unless you buy a capital item worth over £2,000. From experience the actual VAT...

We produce very high quality archival digital prints at good prices and can scan any size for best quality reproduction. 12 colour HP printer with up to 200 year inks according to wilhelm imaging research. If price is more important than longevity/quality I would suggest finding a modern offset lith...

They are c. £8k inclusive of VAT new and Morsos hold their money, even an F can get much more than that. Maybe a bit more to go wrong with an electric one though which makes buying new more attractive. I would say £2-3k depending on condition is a good buy given it is quite old, especially for a mor...

The second batch is much better than the first in my opinion - the first photos look like amateur shots on the whole whereas the second have very nice composition and colours and could easily be professional. Maybe the fact they are panoramic helps a lot so they don't look like fairly normal holiday...

If it's per week seems good value but it's probably all based on per listener and their demographic so may be exactly the same value. It's obvious they have tried to say words deriving from "picture framing" and barnard catle as much as possible. That maybe works on a subliminal hypnotic l...

I have an electric hydraulic morso (runs directly from three phase) with an F as back up/fillet cutter. Saves the legs too and no dust. Nicer than a pneumatic one to use. Bambi budget 24 runs the CMC OK. Small Jun-air twinpot runs underpinner a treat and is better. The Bambi could power the underpin...

Chris another tip with plastic if you don't know - concentrate the wedges nearer the rebate - don't have any too near the back edge as this can force the corner apart. Can't quite recall exact recommendation but I'd say avoid the back third on wide mouldings. Not familiar with the CS machine but I w...