The Framers Forum

I expect to require about 50 of these per week. If things take off how I hope they will the thing that concerns me is the volume of repetitive mounts to cut hence looking at maybe bringing it in house from the start and it being automated. Absolutely not an indulgence IMO. 50 per week is over 2500 ...

In addition to what’s been said the technical support with a CMC is as important as the machine itself. So much can (and will) go wrong. Cutting 3mm plus boards really put these machines through their paces and any problems will be magnified on thick boards. A Valiani bought through TGS Repairs will...

Haha half a broom left! Will have to hire some dwarfs!

All sorted! That was a fun build. Thanks for the advice. ‘Rate my rack’…..! (Don’t google that….)

Any ‘give’ in your equipment will have a detrimental effect on your mitres when joining oak. A soft pad will almost certainly be causing you issues. The Perspex hack might improve things but if the pad is soft there will still be some give. I’m not sure what underpinner you have but is it possible t...

Thanks Nick, really useful. Have very similar planned so reaffirms my idea. Will do narrower gaps on mine I think as we will be painting all sizes of picture frames. Have only really got space for 60cm poles (or half a broom handle…! :lol:) so plan to put a batten across the end of a couple of rows ...

Thought it would be interesting to see if others had developed simple hacks and methods to improve life using picture framing machinery. A couple of very simple additions to my minigraf make me smile (simple pleasures….!). I now stick a piece of removable tape on the back edge of my underpinner fenc...

Thanks Nick would be helpful to see how others tackle it. My spray room is in a cellar so wouldn’t get any extra value out of a mobile unit. I have just indulged myself in a job lot of 50 broom handles off eBay for £35 so the materials needn’t be expensive! I guess that’s next weeks project sorted!

That’s the moulding racks now covered with far too much moulding…..! The rods were made from metal conduit pipe. It was just to try and illustrate my thought process.

Thanks Nick. Would you mind sharing photos of your drying racks? Not sure where to start with ours. I’m thinking an adaption of our moulding storage would probably work? But with narrower gaps and probably can be CLS timber for the wall fixings and longer wooden dowels for the support shelves? Might...

Thanks for the input chaps. Useful pointers. Flat or vertical drying preferred? I’ve made a simple gallows bracket with small batten steps along the top rail to support the rebates. I’m thinking if a paint run was going to happen it’ll be encouraged by hanging. I would presume flat drying racks woul...

Hi Forest. Just wondering if you acted on your spray setup yet? We are a week into our spray adventure so I thought I'd share my experiences so far. On Dermot's advice I contacted www.spraygunshop.co.uk for advice and they were super helpful. Adam suggested what seems to be the perfect setup for us....

I’d give them a call although they won’t be there till Monday morning. You’ll have a apply for an account and I expect they’ll ask you for a business reference or two (a company you already do business with). I’m not sure if there is a minimum order value but you have to pay carriage on all orders -...

Our airline feeds the Valiani, minigraf, 3x air tools and now a spray gun so lots of different pressures required. Mark & Jamie at TGS installed it for me so I assume it’s the recommended method?

I believe the chambers on the regulator are an air filter to remove moisture and debris from the air and the other for lubrication, although I do this manually directly into the stapler/driver rather than in the chamber. We also have a tundra air drier near the compressor that removes all moisture f...

Nothing groundbreaking but useful to see what someone else does I guess. We have a very handily placed beam right along the length of our big bench which carries the airline as well as a couple of useful industrial basket cable trays which hang beneath and carry all the cords, wires and useful bits ...

I’m an upvote for a tool balancer. We’ve had one for 6 months or so above the assembly area holding a pneumatic framemaster gun, also with a curly whirly airline attached so if I’ve got a very large frame or need to assemble something the other end of the workshop it can still be unclipped and used ...

Good post. I’m all for a forum reset and images to help convey ideas is crucial. This was such a rewarding job to do. These came to us without ribbons, very tarnished in a sad and tatty box. We have a long standing customer who also court mounts medals and gets lots of clients through the military. ...

Yes, I’m off too. Until the moderator is moderated there is no point visiting. This place just annoys me now. It’ll be just you and the tumbleweeds soon Mark but it seems that is what you want?

Do you have a heat press? Mount Cor Canvas would be ideal for this if it’s not a valuable item? Lion sell it. Doesn’t require insane heat either 60-70 degrees would be plenty. Comes with its own release paper. Anything valuable should be dealt with by an oil painting conservator really.