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- Tue 27 Apr, 2010 7:52 pm
- Forum: Adverts/Sales/Wants
- Topic: Reconditioned Machinery
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2439
Re: Reconditioned Machinery
Dave I've got a Pistorius foot operated underpinner (sorry V - nailer) for sale if it would be any good for you. It's built like a tank (actually it looks like it is made from an old tank!). It works perfectly, does exactly what it says on the tin, and will be still working when all these newfangled...
- Tue 27 Apr, 2010 7:44 pm
- Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
- Topic: Big Coppery Frame
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2928
Re: Big Coppery Frame
For once I looked at the picture before the frame!
Looks great - you can't beat an original frame - but my wife points out that it looks like it will be difficult to dust! ( she's far too practical!)
Glad to see the chesterfield is being put to good use storing corner samples . . . . . .
Looks great - you can't beat an original frame - but my wife points out that it looks like it will be difficult to dust! ( she's far too practical!)
Glad to see the chesterfield is being put to good use storing corner samples . . . . . .
- Thu 22 Apr, 2010 4:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Do you Deckle ?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2851
Re: Do you Deckle ?
My view, is that this would be perfectly alright on a low to medium value item, so long as you have fully discussed the implications with your customer.
- Thu 22 Apr, 2010 3:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: STRUGGLING WITH MY UNDERPINNER (instruction please)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2386
Re: STRUGGLING WITH MY UNDERPINNER (instruction please)
I've never heard of this breed of underpinner either, so a photo as Prospero suggests would certainly help. It could, of course be your chopping on the Morso that is out (rebate supports set too high?) and nothing to do with the underpinner . . . . . .
- Fri 16 Apr, 2010 6:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Transporting a Morso
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2462
Re: Transporting a Morso
2 reasonably strong men can easily move a morso, but borrow a sack trolley if you can, as this will make things easier. Remove the side arms, and secure the pedal in the down position to keep the blades out of the way. Make sure anyone helping is aware of where the blades are, and that they are extr...
- Fri 09 Apr, 2010 5:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Made First Frame Today
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2378
Re: Made First Frame Today
Well-done on your first frame! Just a thought on your KeenCut - it might well be perfectly calibrated already. You can check by taking a perfectly square piece of mountboard - say 30cm x 30cm. Check it is true by measuring the two diagonals and making sure they are the same. Now measure and draw in ...
- Thu 08 Apr, 2010 5:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: They Should be Ashamed!
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5772
They Should be Ashamed!
I have just had a few days off, and been touring in the Cotswolds. As you do, I have dragged my wife around every single framers and gallery that I found. We went to Cirencester, Broadway, Moreton-on-Marsh and Stratford-upon-Avon In 4 separate premises (no names no pack drill) I saw framed pictures ...
- Thu 08 Apr, 2010 5:25 pm
- Forum: Business Matters
- Topic: Advertising slogans
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8824
Re: Advertising slogans
Hi Michaela Good luck with your new venture. my serious answer to your question, would be to think in terms of what your business will be offering, rather than trying to think up a clever slogan. In other words what would be the benefits for the customer of using your service? For example, write up ...
- Thu 08 Apr, 2010 5:06 pm
- Forum: Business Matters
- Topic: Average age of a picture framer????
- Replies: 19
- Views: 14009
Re: Average age of a picture framer????
I was 23 when I started as a picture framer . . . . . . . but that was a little while ago.
I also get frustrated at the fusty image, and old - fashioned thinking of many framers, but would respectfully point out that this is not necessarily anything to do with age!
I also get frustrated at the fusty image, and old - fashioned thinking of many framers, but would respectfully point out that this is not necessarily anything to do with age!
- Wed 07 Apr, 2010 6:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Best Frames for a Novice to Work With
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3073
Re: Best Frames for a Novice to Work With
See if you can buy up a mixture of mouldings from someone closing down or retireing - I've seen a few ads on ebay. Infact, I think you are in Lancashire, I have the phone number of someone who had 650 ft of assorted moulding for sale (as well as a Morso and an Euro Underpinner) - he is based in Lanc...
- Mon 05 Apr, 2010 5:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Guillotine damaging mouldings
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6505
Re: Guillotine damaging mouldings
How many chops are you taking? The final one should be just a shaving, and as gentle as possible Or it could be poor quality moulding . . . . . . Or try putting a pice of MDF or similar between the moulding and the fence, sometimes that can help (but remember to adjust measurements) Or your machine ...
- Sat 03 Apr, 2010 3:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mitrecraft Lincoln
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8401
Re: Mitrecraft Lincoln
I Have spoken to Karl at Tawnycraft, and he has told me he will deliver to Derby, and that they are taking on most of the areas previously covered by Mitrecraft. Most of their range is, I think, the same, so give him a call
- Fri 02 Apr, 2010 6:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: ornate frame for small oil painting-How/charge
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9346
Re: ornate frame for small oil painting-How/charge
PRICING FOR PICTURE FRAMERS This is one of those never-ending questions . . . . . I hope that my explanation of how I work out prices might help you price your frame hamishfour, but it may also provoke some responses from colleagues who have different opinions, and perhaps know better . . . . . Sorr...
- Fri 02 Apr, 2010 9:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Elf and Safety :-)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1740
Re: Elf and Safety :-)
I cannot believe he did that. . . . . amazing!
- Wed 31 Mar, 2010 4:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Arqadia
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3685
Re: Arqadia
Generally a manufacturer, whether they have entered into an exclusivity deal or not with a large wholesaler like Simons or Aqadia would not be interested in compromising that relationship for the sake of selling a few thousand feet of moulding to an end user. I think you would also find that there w...
- Sun 28 Mar, 2010 8:46 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Advice please - just starting out :-)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4582
Re: Advice please - just starting out :-)
Hi Fraggle, and welcome. Its exciting isn't it! By the sounds of it you are starting off with a much bigger workshop, and better equipment than most, so I'm sure you will be fine. A few points that I would pick up from your post though . . . . Mountboard storage is much better vertical - less damage...
- Thu 25 Mar, 2010 8:23 am
- Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
- Topic: Building a Big Black Frame
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9052
Re: Building a Big Black Frame
That's an absolute stunner! I'm well impressed. Thanks for taking the time to show the stages.
- Thu 25 Mar, 2010 8:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What has changed in the last 11 years?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5228
Re: What has changed in the last 11 years?
Wow! Thanks very much for those replies everybody. That gives me quite a few areas to research a bit more. I was particularly interested in Kev's comment about the consolidation of suppliers, as I used to have a nightmare trying to keep carriage free order values for half a dozen suppliers. I was th...
- Wed 24 Mar, 2010 5:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What has changed in the last 11 years?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5228
What has changed in the last 11 years?
Hello Everyone. Let me introduce myself . . . . . I am Jim Anderson, and I started as a picture framer in 1986, after a short spell as Commercial Manager at Framers Equipment in Rochford. I ran Abbey Framing in Waltham Abbey, and Walls of Frame in Bishops Stortford, and then set up Walls of Frame in...