The Framers Forum

I have been given a framing job to laminate and stick some large poster prints onto 18mm MDF. The MDF edges are to be painted black and a frme put on the back to make the artwork "float" off the wall. Some of the prints are quite large c.40"x30". I understand that placing MDF ins...

Robo - It looks like a Radiata - VERY fast growing looking at the growth rings. There is a species from Chile which is chopped down after only about 5 years!!

Because it grows so fast there are few knots. Watch out for twisting though.

The router and laminate trimmer sounds a good way to tidy up the edges as Prospero says. Or a belt sander could be used. I'd try Axminster.

As a matter if interest what is the deepest material that will fit in a Hotpress?

Hello my learned friends - A customer of mine has been asked, by an interior designer (!), to find an oval mirror with a wooden frame either in the White or in black!! The size is to be 1200x800mm. I would do it on the CNC router but it has broken down. :cry: Do any of you know of such items "o...

Another thing - american sourced hardwood is generally less generous than wood from Europe - in board form that is.

Have you had a price for having the cutters made or are you goinng for square edged mouldings?

When you have a moulding produced there are a few things that are useful to know which can be used to your advantage. Wooden boards generally come in 1/4" increments - 1", 1 1/4" etc. When they are plained about 1/4" of the the total is lost in cleaning up the moulding. This mean...

Photocopiers! Mmmmm - I sold them for a while. Some tips - 1. Don't pay too much per copy - should be able to get it down to about 0.5p per copy these days - maybe less if salesman's targets are looming at the end of the month / quarter. 2. When you get a price then get a lease price per thousand po...

prospero wrote:Hey Avantime. How did you get a pic of my kitchen?

I've been stalking you!

Roboframer wrote:Looks like a noisy sort of place - most noise my place makes, unless I cut myself or something is "THUNK-PSSSST"

WHAT?!!! You'll have to type louder!

Thankyou for re sizing my piccy by the way!

That's a panel clamp - we glue strips of oak together before sanding to make panels to make furniture. There is an oak sideboard you can see in the foreground.

Thought I'd put up a picture of the workshop. The framing area is over near the clock and the moulder can be seen centre left. We also have the glass cutting area in another unit.

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Guy I see you have some autobyte machines - are they in working order?


Regards

hugh

The best finish for an Emafil (or other plastic) moulding is closing the bin when you throw it away!!!

Hiya, I use my chippings to light my fire with they're great for getting the house warm really quickly especially in the cold weather, as for my mount board scrap if i can i put them into frames made from scrap and sell them at car boot sales if they're not big enough i give them to the local schoo...

kaptain.kopter wrote:A mate of mine has some quite sizable bits of bog oak.

If you like I am happy to machine, cut, join and fill your next batch if you like. PM me and give me the details if you are interested. I expect it could all be done for less than the "hard" moulding has cost!

Avantime

Phil I run two mitre saws. If you want to get in touch we could try to chop a couple for you. What numbers do you run? Alternatively if you brought a batch up you could cut them yourself - and pin if you like. Then if it chips out it's your fault!! :D Let me know. Another thing - how wide is the mou...

How much are their tooling charges and what sort of profile are you looking for?

OK contact lenses then!