The Framers Forum

Hello,
I have an artist how has work of waxy paper that needs gluing to board. What would a suitable glue be please?
Thanks

Thanks all for your advice and tips. I defiantly need to get a high quality one.
Sarah

Hello,

Looking for advice or recommendations for a diy/budget/entry level paint sprayer please.

Wanted for painting of mouldings and boards. Not for heavy use but needs to give a smooth coating with no drips.

Thanks
Sarah

Thanks guys.

Lion moulding with spacer will do nicely - why did I not think of using a spacer???!? So logical when you know.

Sarah

Hello, I am looking for a bare wood L shaped/tray moulding into which a 3.7cm deep canvas (60 x 60) fits so its flush with the top of the moulding. Does any one know of one please? Or does anyone who makes them from 2 lengths of flat moulding be able to advise me please? The customer wants them flus...

Thanks Steve,

Thats really helpful - think I will try your meths of stitching and the pins , fingers crossed it will be easier!

Sarah

Hello, On reading various threads on stitching shirts onto backing mount board it appears alot of you find it quick and easy. I however do not! I find getting the thread through a pre made hole in the back along and under the shirt to the next pre made hole to take it back of extremely fiddly and ti...

Thanks both. Mark please could you explain this is more detail One of the common ways of doing this is to cut and join wide flat moundings on the outside edge and stack however many mouldings as required into the now forward facing rebate of each adjoining moulding, with the resulting joins being hi...

Hello all, I have been asked to make a frame 16cm deep painted white and capped with a white moulding. The deepest I can get from my supplier is 7cms, even 2 stacked mouldings of this is too shallow. The query I have is how do you guys do such frames: triple stacked? do the joins show? psi timber fr...

Thank you David - much appreciated.
Sarah

Hi,

I have 2 frames to do to at conservation grade and need to protect the art work from the frame AND the wooden fillet/spacer.

Any recommendations on which type of tape to use, ideally one stocked by Wessex please?

Thanks in advance.

Sarah

Thanks Vintage Frames - the is an even bigger gap on the underside so is the resistance from the wood pushing it apart so will try clamps.

Thanks David - will try re positioning the nails.

Hello all,

I have been making some oak frames (pw160 wessex) with an immes unperinner using 7mm hard nails.

The mitres are not tight enough - when you hold the corner up you can see daylight!

Does anybody have any tips or ideas please to get a tighter join?

Thanks
Sarah

Thanks all for your help - apologies for delay to thanks you. So in the end I used adjusting the stop by 3mms method which worked ok. I then spend a very frustrating time getting it set back to normal thickness board despite noting blade depth, adjustment scale readings before I changed them. It cut...

Hello, Does anyone have any advice on how to calibrate a keencut gold cutter for 3500 microns thick mountboard please? I have tried the way I use for 1400 micron thick board adjusting the green/ start of cut and red/ end of cut cursors. The green is ok ie I can get right position to start cut with n...

Thanks all.

From reading your comments I will try lacing with the reel as close as possible and let the thread untwist needle end. Fingers crossed.

And that is how my wife and I knew if we were having a girl or a boy!

Peter

not quite what I was expecting to read!!!

Sarah

My heart sinks when I have to lace textiles why? because you can guarantee the thread always gets knotted after a few passes which is so frustrating! So this is how I lace textile onto board: I have the thread (small reels that you get from sewing shops) with the reel in a tub on the floor near the ...

Thanks both.

I have been making harder for myself than needed

Whats the best way to know what external length to cut? Is it : external length = (the width of the vertical lip plus the amount of gap you want between the inside of lip and the canvas/board artwork x 2) + length of artwork ????? eg for lip of 12mm, gap of 5mm, artwork length 200mm - external lengt...

Thank you Mike. I was cutting the 4 lengths from 2 moulding lengths to so hopefully this is why. I also noticed a fault in the underpinner arm support levels which has been put right. Last few frames have been much better. Always something to challenge you!
Thanks again
Sarah