The Framers Forum

Hi Guys, hope you all had a wonderful xmas.

I had a nightmare before xmas as I had promised to do a few frames and had only just set up my machines etc in Ireland. Somehow in transit from England I managed to loose the bottom nut on my morso where the blade assembly attaches to the pedal mechanism ...

Hi All

Aine, Thanks for the tip and the advice re: colourmount barrier board.
If you were doing a "full" conservation job, would you use the same backing mount as you have used for the front mount? plus a conservation backing board like Artbak conservation?

All, found a glass supplier called Rich ...

Hi Guys,
Second post from a newcommer, this is addictive!! :)
Picked up on this thread and wanted to ask the following;

I am trying to standardise my framing and would like to only use conservation grade mountboard. Was using Daler but am going to move over to Colourmount due to local supplier ...

Thanks to one and all for the replies, they have been very helpful.

Cheers Merlin, thanks for rallying the Irish troops for me!

Aine, thanks for the recommendations. In all the research I have done, I havent come across Glenwood before probably because thay have only been trading for a year. Had a ...

Hi Guys, pleased to meet you all, after reading topics on this forum I feel like I already know some of you!! Please be gentle with this newcomer.

I found this forum most enlightening! I am currently a part time framer looking to progress to working full time. I have just moved to the Dublin end of ...