The Framers Forum

Robo and Johnny, Me too, cut many moulding then had to rewrite the ref. Thought it was just us old uns that did things like that :Slap: :Slap: :Slap: DITO ! There you go simons we've praised you up, two things you can do for us,put the molding ref at the end, and please tape over strapping so carri...

I placed my order yesterday afternoon, and it arrived this morning ( normal delivery, very impressed ) 300 ft very good quality, and a good price ! inside not painted black like the old stuff, which always led to bits of black getting under the glass , thank you Simons for getting it right at last, ...

I had an issue with this molding,19mm wide x 30mm deep, I use it a lot and Simons could never quite get the quality as good as A & T or Arquadia, Bob my rep called me yesterday, to say It's changed,I was just placing an order so I ordered a length to check it out, It arrived today and is now as ...

What do you call an Aussie with a bottle of champagne in his hand, A waiter !

I phoned Keencut when I had a problem, they were brilliant and talked me through it step by step !

mikeysaling wrote:and a submarine also in a low state of readiness!

I know nice cars have sensors so men can reverse park without hitting anything.surely the sub had them! Men! good education, navy, hi spec sub,still can't park it !When god created man SHE was only practicing !

Having been self employed for six years,what I would have loved at the beginning was a framing guru to spend a day with me, I have common sense and I'm good at what I do, but its the little things an expert knows, that I wish I knew, calibrating my keencut. double mounts, cutting deep mounts,how to ...

spooks is brilliant !

Will Lion London be having another event next year, and will it be as big ? its a long drive up north for us southerners !

Thanks Mikey,I've seen it and was wondering which planet it was,

Dont get me wrong I love Simons, the girls on the phone's are great, Bob my rep is lovely,the price is good, fast delivery,and replacement's always sent out, It's just this last big job ware I needed two long length's and two short, there were more damaged molding's than I've ever had and I couldn't...

Is that the same framer " joe" you were moaning about a few week's ago ? sound's like he's done a good job!

I use Simons all the time and generally have no problems,I'm doing a some big mirror's at the moment and need between 15 & 19ft for each one. there has been so much damage I've had to re order twice. lot's of dents and edge's broken off. look's like the strapping is too tight. anyone else had pr...

whoops! I did mean 4mm, off to the pub now to see a band and drink a few ml's

Thanks Robo, I do have a chart, kindly sent to me by a forum member,but some of the moldings I'm using for this job are £3,00 a foot, they work out very expensive using the chart, so what I've done is price the molding 20ft per frame, ( so I'm not paying for waste ) most mirrors need 13ft. added cut...

Jonny2morsos wrote:Don't forget the inside of the rebate needs finishing in black. No one wants to look at the reflection of the inside of the moulding.

thanks for reminding me,its been a while since Ive done a mirror,and i did forget last time, will stick a reminder on workshop wall tomorrow,

Ive just got a really good job with an interior designer ,17 big mirrors to start, art work to follow, im not sure how to price mirrors,mirror will be cut to size so i think that will be x2, im thinking frames x 3, will that be the the best way to do it, mirrors are pretty easy to do,

why would you want to do them at the same price when it has already caused problems for the existing framer, and when the customer is obviously not happy with the existing supplier. or have I missed something? I think the plan is not to take away the job from the existing framer,but to share the wo...

an artist has approached me to do some framing 9x9 and 20x20 inches, phoe 5 with phoe14 slip, 2mm acrylic and back 10, covering left on the acrylic she will do the rest,at the moment shes paying £11.50 for the small and £25 for the big with a framer that is having problem's keeping up with the order...

thanks,nice one Mikey,