The Framers Forum

Okay, they've just asked for another 20. :sweating: I've restocked the first aid box, fitted new blades in morso and mountcutter and left a large working area free of potential hazards. There's a bottle of malt on standby and I've just got to summon the courage to tackle the job. Maybe wait until ne...

As Steve's Luke Skywalker to his Yoda, I've used his technique very successfully with bumpy watercolours. As an experiment, I painted a subject myself on unconditioned paper and applied the process as he explained. It worked a treat but I was still a bit jittery when trying it out in anger the first...

The military and police have always been a great source of TLA's (three letter abbreviations) but this list is pretty comprehensive.

http://www.businessballs.com/acronyms.htm

I quite liked BANJO - bang another nuisance job out

I'm also a graduate of one of Steve's Hotpress courses and even did it at Framers Equipment. Two great companies that offered friendly and informative support when I started up. However, Steve you've got to remember that a Hotpress is a good semi professional machine that any muppet can use whereas ...

I'm not a big fan of canvases myself but they're an excellent income generator for me. There isn't many weddings when I don't do at least one canvas order. I still use RA4 prints up to 20x32", apply an overlay, strip the backing paper and then mount to canvas. I find that the traditional approa...

I love weddings as they're probably my main earner on the photography side of the business. Since I've been framing I've seen my reprint orders steadily climb as I've gained confidence in providing bespoke mounts and frames to couples. I've been laminating confetti and ribbons onto mounts after a ti...

I have seen foamboard which has over time gone brown and become very weak and crumbly. I don't know if this degradation process applies to all manufacturers of foamboard, but this might be an issue if it used for making spacers. Does anyone know more about this? Wish you hadn't said that. I've just...

Thanks all.

Not really worth celebrating but can't turn down the wife taking me out for a curry.

Martin

Simply genius.

Today is my birthday and I really didn’t feel like waking up this morning. I managed to pull myself together and go downstairs for breakfast, hoping my wife would be pleasant and say, “Happy Birthday!”, and possibly have a small present for me. As it turned out, she barely said good morning, let alo...

John

Glad to see you're wearing the obligatory 'framers plaster'.
I should probably get shares in Elastoplast. Ran out last week and borrowed a packet from home. Unfortunately we only had Winnie the Pooh or Disney Princess ones. Didn't do much for the image.

Chris

Give Pete at Framers Equipment a call. As he's a wholesaler in Northampton, I'm sure he can recommend someone.

http://www.framersequipment.co.uk

Martin

I've got one of these: http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.asp?pf_id=21222&src=froogle I actually bought it to paint the outside of the house and it's been redundant for the last 6 months (took nearly a month). I'm now tempted to bring it out and have a go at spraying some moulding. I'm going to ...

Thanks for nothing Grahame.

I opened the attachment in a crowded cafe.

You should have seen the looks I got as I hurriedly finished my latte and skulked through the door.

Can't we just forget the eighties ever happened. Carp music, carp fashion, Margaret Thatcher etc....

I think I read somewhere that Osgood recommends the Cassesse underpinner. He did beat about the bush a bit but that was the impression I got. :lol: Don't know anything about the Framers Corner equipment but I know that Morso's are pretty indestructable unless I'm using one. You can pick up a Morso f...