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- Fri 22 Dec, 2023 1:35 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Morso Mitre handle stuck on 13th tooth arc
- Replies: 19
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Re: Morso Mitre handle stuck on 13th tooth arc
It is almost certainly due to sticky through a lack of lubrication. I've had my own Morso starting to get a ittle bit stuck and needed to lubricate it through the little hole on top of the flat cast iron surface in front of the pivoting fences. There's a small countersunk hole there, which I only r...
- Sat 07 Jan, 2023 11:17 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: HELP WITH Canvas FRAMING
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4901
Re: HELP WITH Canvas FRAMING
I have used Canvas Mount Cor successfully for these things. Tried Perfectmount and one or two others but wasn't convinced of their adhesion.Lion have in in their range, at least they did when I last ordered some.
- Thu 24 Nov, 2022 5:56 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Glass supplier in the Highlands
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2305
Re: Glass supplier in the Highlands
I'm in the north Highlands and have just had a delivery of glass from Centrado - ex Holroyds -now moved to Rutherglen. They should be able to help.
- Tue 19 Jul, 2022 12:10 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Dry mount plastic "canvas"?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4513
Re: Dry mount plastic "canvas"?
Following posts on a FB page I have been using Mount Cor successfully for these cheap "canvases". It is American but Lion sell it, along with instructions, and it bonds them perfectly.
- Fri 27 May, 2022 10:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How long have you been a framer?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 38379
Re: How long have you been a framer?
Started in 1970 in the family woodyard, but it was basic joiners framing back then , with what in hindsight was a real paucity of choice of mouldings and mount board - I sometimes wonder how many frames I've made using 1/2" hogarth and 1/2" spoon - Still framing on fifty two years later qu...
- Wed 01 Dec, 2021 10:26 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Chinese plastic canvases
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3195
Re: Chinese plastic canvases
Thanks. I have some KoolTak that I might try and of that doesn't work then I'll get something from Wessex. It being December time is of the essence of course.... Spray adhesive plus a cold spell in the vacuum press was another suggestion but I use sprays as a very much last option.
- Tue 30 Nov, 2021 10:15 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Chinese plastic canvases
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3195
Chinese plastic canvases
I have a set of these to do and was advised via an American group to use Mount Cor. Is this available in the UK or is there an alternative that would do the job. It is a low temp adhesive board.
- Thu 11 Nov, 2021 10:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: guillotine advice
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5197
Re: guillotine advice
I have a "new" shop compared to some -Victorian - with attendant damp problems and ditched MDF years ago because of its hygroscopic tendencies. An Eco Air Simple dehumidifer is in constant use, plumbed in to an outside drain and it takes a tank's worth and more out of the place daily. I do...
- Mon 11 Oct, 2021 12:03 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Museum wax
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2540
Museum wax
Came across this on a framers FB group. She was using it to hold an object in a shadow box. Has anyone here been working with this?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/393040140237 ... SwbLxfx5oM
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/393040140237 ... SwbLxfx5oM
- Sat 14 Nov, 2020 11:24 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Does anyone have any idea what the usual going rate is for offering a gift wrapping service to customers?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2737
Re: Does anyone have any idea what the usual going rate is for offering a gift wrapping service to customers?
When we did gifts as the major part of the business - changed days....- we offered a free gift wrap service that was very popular and added greatly to footfall and sales. I still do it if asked for framing and it is still gratis - the cost of some fancy paper and a spool or two of curling ribbon is ...
- Thu 15 Oct, 2020 9:58 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Football shirts
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2659
Re: Football shirts
I go for a loose finish with some folds showing - its fabric and should reflect that to my mind. If it is going to be displayed absolutely flat and stretched you might as well just photograph it and frame that. I only do it like that by specific request and the almost total preferment of my customer...
- Mon 13 Jan, 2020 9:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone still use one of these ??
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13621
Re: Anyone still use one of these ??
Never liked either of them!
- Sun 12 Jan, 2020 9:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone still use one of these ??
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13621
Re: Anyone still use one of these ??
Remember them - nightmare to remove and they would attack any skin put too near them. Still come across them in reframing jobs from time to time and bless the day the Fletcher became available whenever I do....
- Sun 14 Jul, 2019 11:30 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Scratch Maps
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4689
Re: Scratch Maps
Pops up frequently on the framers FB page and it can be put in a vacuum press OK. I've done several on foam board to give rigidity as they are large and they have come out all right.
- Thu 04 Jul, 2019 9:23 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Rebate planes
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4609
Re: Rebate planes
Thanks all for the input - food for thought there. I'll chew it all over...
- Thu 27 Jun, 2019 8:58 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Rebate planes
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4609
Rebate planes
The subject arose recently of out of square canvases and the problems of fitting them in to frames. Not an uncommon problem, and usually I resort to widening the rebate by a mixture of Stanley knife and chisel, a bit homespun but works. Are there any rebate planes designed for use with the relativel...
- Fri 28 Dec, 2018 10:23 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: FRAMERS ONLY
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4341
Re: FRAMERS ONLY
Joined a bit ago, and while transatlantic trends and tastes are somewhat different to this side of the pond, I have found it most stimulating and informative. In fact, considering ours is a visual trade, might it be worth considering a similar set up for predominately British framers. Uploading to F...
- Tue 20 Nov, 2018 11:09 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Morso F - Imperial Scale
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4312
Re: Morso F - Imperial Scale
Not if you work in inches!
- Mon 19 Nov, 2018 8:36 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Morso F - Imperial Scale
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4312
Re: Morso F - Imperial Scale
Morso still do an imperial model so the likes of Lion should be able to supply a gauge. That is what I did many years ago with my model - IIR, it is just a strip that is attached to the right hand extension.
- Thu 08 Nov, 2018 12:43 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Origin heat shrink system
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5665
Re: Origin heat shrink system
Had one of those years ago - worked well for a while -years again - but the element gave problems and it wouldn't seal evenly so eventually it fell in to disuse and was discarded in a move. How the plastic still behaves will be interesting.