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by artframer
Mon 13 Nov, 2017 1:06 pm
Forum: Help!
Topic: FrameCo Benchmaster
Replies: 39
Views: 20798

Re: FrameCo Benchmaster

apologies if my question came across as asking you to justify your business ... So apologies if it came across as condescending, and thanks again for answering in the spirit it was intended. :) No need to apologise. I'm getting the feeling my business model is a little unusual, so have had to expla...
by artframer
Mon 13 Nov, 2017 12:19 pm
Forum: Help!
Topic: FrameCo Benchmaster
Replies: 39
Views: 20798

Re: FrameCo Benchmaster

...what part of the market are you working in? I'll accept the question as a genuine question, rather than one requiring me to justify my business model. I don't have a shop on the high street, so not that market. Entirely word-of-mouth. A very specific buyer who has very specific ideas, though mos...
by artframer
Mon 13 Nov, 2017 11:05 am
Forum: Help!
Topic: FrameCo Benchmaster
Replies: 39
Views: 20798

Re: FrameCo Benchmaster

That's good advice Gimpse. But not everybody has the same aspirations. :) I agree 100% with that, Prospero, on both counts. I'm only aiming at 'part' of the market. I hope one that will provide me with profit enough to buy an underpinner in the not too distant future, and a holiday in Cleethorpes -...
by artframer
Thu 09 Nov, 2017 4:43 pm
Forum: Help!
Topic: FrameCo Benchmaster
Replies: 39
Views: 20798

Re: FrameCo Benchmaster

Perhaps you can find a bit of space somewhere for something like one of these? Lets put it this way: coming up with some ingenius, perhaps unorthodox way of either increasing my space or reorganising it (perhaps two tier working bunk bed stylie :lol: ) to get this one piece of kit, the underpinner,...
by artframer
Wed 08 Nov, 2017 3:54 pm
Forum: Help!
Topic: FrameCo Benchmaster
Replies: 39
Views: 20798

Re: FrameCo Benchmaster

Hello James, Prospero Despite how it might read, I am totally taking on board yours and others advice. I like to think I've the good sense to recognize it when I see it and please understand I really appreciate you taking the time to share your knowledge. I know I'm not on an easy track - framing is...
by artframer
Tue 07 Nov, 2017 11:30 pm
Forum: Help!
Topic: FrameCo Benchmaster
Replies: 39
Views: 20798

Re: FrameCo Benchmaster

I accept your greater experience and wisdom here. I have an oak frame made by someone else that has been pinned and filled, then finished with either oil or a clear varnish - not sure which (I know how to test it and intend to just for interest). It's been done very well, looks expert, though when y...
by artframer
Tue 07 Nov, 2017 6:35 pm
Forum: Help!
Topic: FrameCo Benchmaster
Replies: 39
Views: 20798

Re: FrameCo Benchmaster

That is a very interesting suggestion Not Your Average, thank you. Having missed the fact the Logan Joiner is not suitable for hardwoods, I'm a bit twitchy. The problem with the Logan is that it sits on two uprights with screws that have plastic heads so cannot be over tightened holding the head in ...
by artframer
Tue 07 Nov, 2017 6:08 pm
Forum: Help!
Topic: FrameCo Benchmaster
Replies: 39
Views: 20798

Re: FrameCo Benchmaster

For info - I've contacted FrameCo down in Aus directly and asked them the question. (I have hardwood vnails) Bought 7mm for the A10 (13mm deep moulding). I'm doing a very limited number of styles of frame for a very limited number of customers. Customers who want more than the one frame at a time (m...
by artframer
Tue 07 Nov, 2017 5:21 pm
Forum: Help!
Topic: FrameCo Benchmaster
Replies: 39
Views: 20798

Re: FrameCo Benchmaster

Hi Rainbow Thanks everyone. I understand where you're coming from. The thread and post you highlight, James, is on the button. Fit into a cupboard is the requirement. As to it staying there... well I've made a few Obeche frames without any bother c/w with window mounts and glazed. I've been really p...
by artframer
Tue 07 Nov, 2017 4:14 pm
Forum: Help!
Topic: FrameCo Benchmaster
Replies: 39
Views: 20798

Re: FrameCo Benchmaster

prospero wrote:...you would get better results with a mitre vice and hammer and nails.
Really thicko question: by 'nails' you mean ordinary nails? So nailing and filling.

I assume this because otherwise you would have said mitre vice, hammer, vnail driver and nails, is that right?
by artframer
Tue 07 Nov, 2017 3:21 pm
Forum: Help!
Topic: FrameCo Benchmaster
Replies: 39
Views: 20798

Re: FrameCo Benchmaster

Hi Prospero. Would that I had the space, mate. Think of a micro start-up and shrink it. Thanks for saying it anyway.
by artframer
Tue 07 Nov, 2017 3:06 pm
Forum: Help!
Topic: FrameCo Benchmaster
Replies: 39
Views: 20798

FrameCo Benchmaster

Hi. There's conflicting information out there on t'internet. FrameCo On what looks like Frameco's own website it says: The powerful cam action of the handle combined with the size of the PushMaster drives V-Nails into the hardest of timbers." ... into the hardest of timbers ... so oak. Exact we...
by artframer
Mon 06 Nov, 2017 10:19 am
Forum: Help!
Topic: Consistent colours on Obeche
Replies: 9
Views: 3397

Re: Consistent colours on Obeche

Good advice James, thank you. Sometimes just need the confidence that simple and quick actually is best.
by artframer
Mon 06 Nov, 2017 9:05 am
Forum: Help!
Topic: Consistent colours on Obeche
Replies: 9
Views: 3397

Consistent colours on Obeche

Hi. I've been reading a wealth of topics here on finishing frames such as: https://www.theframersforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=15772&p=122250&hilit=+paint+finishes#p122250 https://www.theframersforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=15589&p=121140&hilit=+paint+finishes#p121140 Great ...
by artframer
Wed 01 Nov, 2017 8:12 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Terminology: liner
Replies: 5
Views: 2756

Re: Terminology: liner

Prospero - much appreciated. Complete and thorough explanation which has clarified a great deal. I was introduced to slips and fillets when being taught. The definition for a slip I was given was that it 'slipped between the frame and the artwork and sometimes there might be glass in the equation ei...
by artframer
Tue 31 Oct, 2017 9:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Terminology: liner
Replies: 5
Views: 2756

Re: Terminology: liner

Thanks Rainbow. I'd assumed the graphic "The framing oracle" was the header for the items listed below it, for some reason :Slap:
by artframer
Tue 31 Oct, 2017 8:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Terminology: liner
Replies: 5
Views: 2756

Terminology: liner

Hi. Reading-up on this forum is fantastic. Such a wealth of experience and expertise. My only problem is that I'm still learning the lingo and like any industry, framing has its own. I've just learned for example: that frames are ' stacked' when more than one moulding is put together to look like on...
by artframer
Mon 30 Oct, 2017 7:36 pm
Forum: Help!
Topic: Moulding within a moulding?
Replies: 6
Views: 2957

Re: Moulding within a moulding?

This is all great advice. Thank you everyone. Lot's to think about and to try out. Fortunately, once I've figured this out, I'll be making this particular stacked frame several times over ('Stacked' is the term I assume), so will gain some speed through repetition. Perhaps I'll start off doing it on...
by artframer
Sat 28 Oct, 2017 2:01 pm
Forum: Help!
Topic: Moulding within a moulding?
Replies: 6
Views: 2957

Re: Moulding within a moulding?

Thanks Prospero. Interesting and helpful info/insight into what I might be getting myself into... um! The inner moulding stands proud of the outer. I did a lot of research trying to find two where the inner whould allow me to use points, but couldn't find anything. When you say: "if one gets da...
by artframer
Sat 28 Oct, 2017 1:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Supplier practices, do they all do it ?
Replies: 33
Views: 19039

Re: Supplier practices, do they all do it ?

I'm on the same steep learning curve, though I'm feeling unfazed (perhaps it's the aspirins) by receiving more than I ordered. I'm learning and waste is part of that in my head. It is worth checking and noting which mouldings come in shorter lengths. I find, for example, with wessex, some obeche mou...