The Framers Forum

Hi Paul,

The whole board IIRC is 600 x 700mm.... the balls are approximately 7mm in diameter, spaced approx 2-3mm apart.

It took me around 15 hours to design completely, it is actually 2 cuts... the first being a double mount of the cream and brown board. The second, the 'baize' single mount ...

I remember watching some tv program once about the golden ratio 1:1.618..... if i remember correctly, the most beautiful people in the world have this ratio about there persons....(no not tattoed on them!!)

The length of their legs to their upper torso was 1:1.618, the distance between the eyes to ...

We generally charge double the cut price for a V groove (my arguement is the blade goes around the same shape twice).

For intricate or 'different' designs we charge between £1.25 and £5 depending on the difficulty rating or the amount of cuts making up a collective 'shape'.

Caz.

My Dad uses his Tom Tom (6 i think) on his PDA for his work as a Private Investigator....obviously this job takes him all over the place and locations can be changed at any given moment.....he swears by it.

I've got a much smaller set up, Tom Tom mobile 3, (I havent bought the new software yet ...

I have cut several of these for some local snooker teams..... what do you think??.....

I'm running XP on both my home computers, and the one at work attached to the Valiani.....

I will not be upgrading to Vista any time soon, I really can do without compatibility problems, and I also remember the problems that arrose with the XP upgrade.

Also I use the future mat program at home, to ...

Hi John,

Whereabouts are you based? I am also interested in visiting as many people as I can. Do you have a Valiani too?

I am an absolute beginner in the framing industry, my friends business has been going for 25 years now, thankfully I dont touch the framing, I just cut mounts!

And the odd bit ...

Hi All,

Having watched your forum for a few weeks, I thought I'd better introduce myself, and us/our company!

I'm Caroline, I work for a company called Alcester Glass Centre, located in Alcester, Warwickshire, UK. We do glass, glazing, picture framing etc etc.

I am by trade however a ...