The Framers Forum

Just a thought, but some jewellers have facilities for engraving and perhaps, they might be more likely to stock the more ornate and antique looking plaquues. Being jewellers, they probably won't be cheap, but maybe worth a try.

This is probably not that surprising, considering the current situation with the covid difficulties. Reducing the range of some items may be a way of reducing cash flow committments and keeping suppliers in good financial shape. Have you considered looking at the mouldings in the mainline polcore ra...

Yes, I think so too, but That's something to sort out for the future. However, the band saw produces a remarkable finish if you are using obeche, which is also very quick and easy. I like making jigs for different tasks, particularly in cases where they speed things up. BTW, the saw dust produced fr...

I suspect that having a sub frame hang out the back by just 2mm is not going be all that noticable, so I probably would carry on and use the standard sub frame. There are not any hard and fast rules and as you are the framer, it gets to be your judgement. The sub frame is not going to be to far out ...

Well, it could be smaller,or larger according to the size of the artwork and the frame, but initially I am thinking about producing the frames from Simons M0093 and perhaps Simons M0095, which would mean that the bevel on the sight edge on the frame would be about 5mm thick, therefore I would make t...

I am thinking about cutting up some unwanted obeche mouldings to make some mouldings for making wraped deep beveled mounts, but I would like to give them a bit of a modern twist. Insread of the usual 45 degree bevel, I was thinking about a much steeper bevel, which I am thinking might create quite a...

I am thinking that the frame will need to be strong enough to support the glass, to an adequate level as well. Deciding how strong is strong enough, is either a matter of experience, or educated guesswork. A really solid sub frame with several cross member and well braced corners might be a good sta...

I think that sounds like someone who some of us think we might recognise! Is she a friend of Mr Tirekicker and does her husband come in and spend ages asking stupid questions, while she is in the ladies hairdressers having her hair done? She has not bought anything from me either!

Thanks Jerome,

Too right! Planning to stay in business doing rubbish jobs and that take a lot more time trying to make rubbish jobs better and then getting paid peanuts, does not sound like a very good idea to me.

Obviously, there is not much point in making up your own sub frame mouldings, when can buy perfecyly adequate sub frames moulding straight off the shelf from our existing suppliers at a very reasonable cost. However, what do you do when a customer wants something large framed in a very small narrow ...

I am planning to put a notice in my shop about excessively narrow frames. I won't be bothing to stock many of these perticular moulding in the future, many of them are rubbish. Because they are so narrow, many of then do not give adequate support for the glass, but rely on the glass adding additiona...

I've never done it with stamps, but i works with other things quite well. There's nothing all that clever about it, just basic text book stuff.

First of all, it is normal to display the stamps, in such a way that the perforation around the stamp can be clearly seen. The perferations around the stamp are very much part of the stamp and the condition of those perferations is part of the condition of the stamp and is important when assessing t...

Steve is right! I agree 100%. Also learn to do some basic finishes on some nicely priced bare wood moulding, obeche is good to start with, but don't go mad buying much until you have a good feel for what ou are doing and even then , don't go wild. These are difficult times and money may not always c...

There is no magic amount. I don't have that many, but I have plenty of bits and pieces lying around that I can quickly grab.

That's interesting! The old traditional browns and neutrals never fell out of favour around here! It's mostly the minimalist big town and city stuff that does not sell very well around here. I wonder why that is?

I was on a 6 months training placement, which had been organised by the employment service, through the job centre. The framing and gallery company taught me well and I bought most of my equipment and stock from another framers that were closing down. We had a lot of miracles along the way! Life was...

What sort of training do you need, is it more general training, or something more specialised? It's probably quite helpful to know know what you need in order to see who can provide you with the right training near by. It might not be a normal training provider, bot maybe just another framer. Unfort...

They have a word for this: Mañana (not comparable) Tomorrow. Sometime in the future. Usually to say in a satirical sense 'sometime in the unspecified future, despite the fact that we were told tomorrow without fail'. The plumber said he would come tomorrow. But I think he will probably be here mañan...