The Framers Forum

Make sure you are not resting your left hand on the cutter bar handle while you cut as this can apply downward pressure to the cutter bar and result in temporarily arcing the bar causing the blade to be slighly further away from the board towards the centre of the board you are cutting. I had this p...

Unfortunately no. It would have been nice to have received a crate or two as a tip! I think the job came to just over £400.00.

This is an old photo circa '98/99. Huge 12ft x 8ft canvas for the Martini canteen. One of two (the other had Bacardi on it) painted in Scotland and sent to Southampton unstretched. They had a problem finding anybody willing to re-stretch it, until they rang me. :D it was too big for my workshop in t...

I've got two pictures in my bath/shower room (used every day and lots of condensation) that I framed 10 years ago. Cheap Art Group prints drymounted, double mounted, stained and waxed ash frame and backed with...MDF :( and finished with gummed tape. Glass not sealed and back not protected in any way...

Spot on! You're local to me then or did you just look at the website?

Hi. I’ve been an observer for years and finally decided to take the plunge, probably too late now as I’m no longer a framer! I was a framer for over 21 years so hopefully I will be able to contribute to the bountiful wisdom shown here on the forum. My business went belly-up earlier in the year due t...