The Framers Forum

You might want to visit several frame shops in your area to look at their setups. A rolling tool cart or two might be a good idea. You can get a "mechanics" rolling tool cart and modify it to your needs. https://www.harborfreight.com/tool-storage-organization/tool-storage/30-in-5-drawer-me...

My tables and those of many others were limited to 1.2 x 2.4m (48x96) sheet stock. Then you also have to consider all the storage room you need in that room. Racks for board and glass, tools and other equipment, finished products, etc. My "clean area" of my current home shop is about the s...

Are you cutting and assembling frames in the same room? What is the maximum size of the art you want to frame?

If you are purchasing preassemble frames, you can get away with less room than if you are making frames as this task can contaminate your frame fitting area.

if your computer is used off-line for your business records, there should be no worry

Did you backup your previous version? If not, you should have.

If you did, you can just open the backed up version and use it.

Also note that the miter seam appears to be "filled in" with that "orange" coating.

With that volume you need an industrial shrink wrap tunnel to do the shrinking. These can be found under "industrial packaging equipment".

This is a sample video of how they work

Check with any of a number of on-line sellers and forums in the UK. Specify the size of the machine you are looking for (standard size sheets or oversized sheet). Note that there are machines for small, single person shops as well as for production shops.

Can you explain what the word "digital" has to do with a mount cutter? All the ones that I have used over the many decades have been: manual bar style, hand operated, pneumatic, or computer controlled.

You didn't describe what type of glass and it's shape. After your response to inserting wood shims around the border of the frame that acts like a bezzle around the art, similar to a frame for a "collector plate" or sheet of mirror my response would have been different. Depending on the ty...

How to attach a piece of glass into a frame without any backing (transparent or opaque)? I also assume not being suspended from above by wires or other similar material. ... a magic wand! You need some sort of mechanical attachment method, part A to part B. Are you planning to attach the art to the ...

In most cases the proper material for this task is to use is HD natural thread. It has been used to attach buttons to the front of upholstered furniture for centuries. If you insist on metal wire, stainless steel is about the only choice.

I would suggest acrylic sheet for the "see through" backing of the item that is mounted to a mountboard. Acrylic can be drilled, slotted and abraded for additional adhesion to the mountboard by any mechanical fastener or a reversable adhesive.

I have asked another framer on the island and he uses glass from a local supplier - but it’s not framers glass. If you are only using "standard, not UV filtering glass", I disagree. Float glass is float glass and it all comes off of the same plate glass making machine with the same chemic...

The question is, what will the customer be willing to pay for the equivalent product (regular, vs UV filtering, vs anti-reflective), glass vs acrylic glazing. This is a consideration while maintaining your same CGS(cost of goods sold). They both have their uses as well as pros and cons. If you are h...

John, I was not thinking of a front opening "cabinet" style display case.

Mark, if you are asking me regarding the use of plywood, I would use notched rabbited corners, with the joining done with the top and bottom panels. This would leave both sides free of visible joints. There would be a "face frame" in front the the "box" for decorative visibility.

While the mounting can be done; it is not a practical request from the customer. The easiest way would be to digitally make a copy of the label and attach the label to a dummy disc made from another LP of no value. Mount this dummy disc into the frame and safeguard the collector one for actual playi...

Although it is a specialty product in the US, Baltic birch is a very stable and SOP product for cabinet makers and a good choice in that it comes in various thicknesses.

As an example only https://www.woodcraft.com/products/wood ... ch-plywood

For the moving of, fragile, valuable, and large items you might want to consider "A" (or a cart with strong sides) frame style carts for the added security they offer.