The Framers Forum

Thanks for taking the time for your advice guys :) all really helps, and basically confirms my thinking as well, im not going to even attempt a dry mounting soloution and advise she water stretches paper stock prior in the future. Also i now know to stress various things of this nature to future cus...

Hi guys, haven’t been on here for a while, hope all is good! I have had some returns from a job of float mounts. Basically, the art has buckled (risen at the edges between hinges) Before I rehinge them I thought it could be good to get any advice on my technique as obviously it has failed. So the ar...

Cheers for the link!

Ha Ha, i was typing in hydrometer and it was just coming back with home brew equipment

sorry for the delayed response, thanks for all your comments :) The workshop area where where the moulding is stored is quite moist and cold compared to the environment the frames went into (warm central heated houses) I have been planning on putting a new roof on for a while now (its a bit leaky in...

Happy new year guys, First post for a while, but hope you can help. OK, so recently having some returns on some framing jobs because of warping after the pieces have hanging for a few days in people's homes. The frames were fine beforehand. I'm guessing it's the the environment of my storage/worksho...

Cheers Sam, sorry not been online for a few days but already found the adjustment screws and after a quick tweek all is working smoothly and I am quite pleased with it

Thanks for your help

Hi Guys, I'm hoping someone can help me So ive just had delivery of an M3 underpinner (framers corner), set it all up fine but it doesn't seem to be driving the wedge all the way home leaving about 1mm sticking out.. ive set the pressure clamp correctly and the green light comes on when pinning... s...

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Thanks for the info!

Hi Guys I have always float mounted using the method from the lions site (hinging onto a drop-out around the edges) so thought I would try the pass through method, but am unsure of amount of hinges and their positions, the artwork is a print about 65x55 cm on medium weight paper. Is it a case of doi...

Thanks guys

Ah yes 3mm is what I had in mind - they are only small prints so should be fine

thanks again

Hi Guys hope you can help little me :) Ok even though I've been framing for a few years, never had to do this as yet: Deep box frame with float mounted print with no window mount, but also with no edge border, so i'm wondering what is the minimum gap in your opinions between the edge of the paper an...

cheers guys, that does look a nice finish!, will have to get me some of that paint. The pine moulding in question has a lot of knots and the liberon stains (water based) i have only take to certain parts of the grain and don't take to other parts so i'm guessing priming/filling then painting/ waxing...

Thanks prospero!

Do you know if this would be good for the job :
http://www.diy.com/nav/decor/paint/prep ... d=12028302

Thanks again

Hi Guys, Great forum, it has been very helpful to me since my first post when I sought advice on getting my initial kit, Over the past year I have been using finished moulding or using basic stains on bare wood with wax to finish, I have never actually painted any bare wood as yet and have some chea...

Cheers guys

I will most likely be investing in the logan saw and a trimmer then, the morso a little out of budget at the mo..

good to know about the chop service, maybe for harder more expensive mouldings in the future.

excellent,
time to start ordering bits

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Hi guys, congrats on a great forum! I run a small art gallery, we mainly purchase made frames through a framer which we have a trade account with, who are great.. However I am looking into getting some low level kit for the odd job, and awkward sized prints inbetween big frame orders,not going to ma...