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We're just in the process of taking out a new business energy contract - electricity only - and were recommended by another framer to have a look at British Gas Lite (separate from British Gas itself). It is totally online but the rates were far better than we could find elsewhere. We are in the pro...

I think I reported the first one too, (but nobody thanked me :-( ) I also made a comment. This time I just made a comment and that was because it was the same member, he wasn't removed and still has not been. https://www.theframersforum.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=9160 .. I only recei...

@tudorrose maybe the site needs one of those annoying "not a robot/I am human" verification thingamajigs? Not my call Justin, that would be for John to decide. Even with that sort of safeguard AI is becoming capable of getting round safeguards. We do see every report and we do ban obvious...

Quick message for all Forum Members: We do, from time to time, get bots and others registering and then posting nonsense on the Forum. Once we've spotted them, the person is permanently banned and the topic deleted. But, it would be really helpful if you see a post like that, to report it. You can d...

Small and very affordable piece of kit that I wouldn't be without. A thread counter magnifier. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=thread%20counter%20magnifier&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-153688-104557-3&mkcid=2&mkscid=102&keyword=SRP&crlp=_&MT_ID=&geo_id=&...

Pricing software would be one of the essential items on our list if we were starting over. We've used FrameR since 2014 and our only regret was not signing up to it earlier. Because it is cloud based it is so much easier to use, store and retrieve customer information than the earlier version. As Je...

I'd drop the mirrors from the title so that you can make Picture Framing larger underneath the company name. As you say people can be passing quickly, you want it obvious and easy to read. Most people seem to assume framers can (and do) also do mirrors - if it is on your website (separate page for m...

Just to get it straight in my head: You have 38 jobs in-house already - and the customer has paid you a deposit of £2.5k to set against them. But you don't want to do all 38 at once and you can't list them all on one invoice at the moment because there are unknown variables around the pricing of 18 ...

Easiest way is to build another frame as a platform out of something flat - we use a spare barewood moulding of the relevant thickness, or even flat fillets, depending on how much you need to raise it by. It just needs to be flat on the top. Size the "platform" slightly smaller than the ca...

That’s all sorted for you.

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Most likely pine moulding or ash. If hand finished then the softer wood is removed with a wire brush. Do that while it is in length - a bronze brush if you’re lightly opening the grain and a steel wire brush if you’re taking out more. Prepare and stain in length and then cut and join. If you’re happ...

WannabeFramer wrote: ↑Sat 03 Feb, 2024 12:07 pm Another option I’ve read about is mod podge. Is that something worth suggesting they could do before I get it?

Far, far easier with a self adhesive board - so you could always give them the board and get them to stick it down.

Plenty of places offer day courses in framing sport shirts - including myself. Might be worth looking into that as many of the youtube videos and so on feature products that can cause damage to shirts. As many of them are valuable due to signatures and so on, it is worth doing them right and getting...

A two person job as that's always easier. You need two pieces of rigid board slightly bigger than the jigsaw. Being bigger is key as the middle of the boards will hold more firmly than the edges. Push gently on all four sides to bring the pieces firmly together and ensure all pieces are correctly in...

PM returned - 106 on their way to you.

Hopefully someone else will have some more kicking around.

How many do you need? We have some stock of them but don't use them anymore, so you are welcome to them for the cost of the postage.

Apologies if some of this is a bit basic - but thought it worth mentioning for anyone who hasn't attempted this sort of thing before. Don't underestimate the time these will take. Charge accordingly. Cheaper in the long run for you if the customer walks away and you not get the job, than it costing ...

We tend to use P90.

I’ve double checked with John and its nothing nefarious going on. As suggested, likely something is just ticking up “views” due to a search engine.