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good luck David

We use the pigeon hole solution under a bench as mentioned previously but keep the 3 x 4 footish boxes the mountboard is delivered in for storage in those holes you can then pull the whole box out at any time to get to any offcuts pushed to the back Takes a while to build up a stock of them but keep...

if it's double sided tape, sometimes lighter fluid will loosen it but very carefully and in small amounts if it's stuck all the way around do as prospero says, you can pick away the fomecore and take the rest off after we mount work onto fomecore and cotton rag board but only fine spots with a cellu...

you may be liable for commercial rates from the local council and if you claim them back as a business expense then you also may liable for tax if you sell the property. an accountant mentioned this to me a while ago when I wanted to set up an office at home and claim parts of the mortgage and rates...

could you just stack two seven mm wedges?
we have a euro butterfly pinner and it works for us

very best to all framers for christmas
hope 2014 is a great year

try the encyclopaedia of picture framing by Robert (bob) Cunning

quite useful

I can run some in a raw wood with a matching fillet

pm me

looks..er lovely!

I had a neighbour who once did something similar but with a Christmas Pudding

looked like a golf ball sized lump of coal

good luck on Christmas day with the turkey

funny that this thread is above the Van Damme one !!!

stiff upper lip and all that

In the words of Monty P from holy grail "tis but a scratch"

Steve's right best wait we have done this before and it didn't pan out as well as hoped. you are hoping that the artist has measured correctly and assuming it is square, plus allowing for the folds as mentioned before may be tight on time but will be even tighter if your frames are wrong and you hav...

just done a plate for someone
I used Lions plate fixing holders and it worked very well

there is a range of plastic holders for all sorts of stuff and doesn't mark the piece either

very very nice

I like the parcel gilding and art deco approach to the finish mixing white gold (?) and real gold

keep posting more projects

I agree with Graysalchemy and Prospero don't compromise your skill level but do try and push the speciality glass if the paper (picture) is not a good grade of paper, acid free or cotton based , leaving open to the air will probably increase the action of the lignin within the paper and degrade a lo...

Hi P The Victorians used to frame name plates separate and hang with chain from the bottom of the frame a piece at either end using screw eyes or screw rings the horseshoe could look good an a piece of fabric/hessian within the sub frame would be easier to move about if you could un hook and re fix ...

We do quite a bit of hand finishing and can spray in lengths to keep costs lower. The offer is there if you want to send me a sample we can look at producing it. For very big runs speak with Phil Sheldon at Ashworth & Thompson They can do finishes on mouldings but i think larger runs are better ...

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Tim

best wishes and good luck with the venture

still tears in his eyes!!

beautiful work Geoff

I make things like this too and the time in them is sometimes unaccounted for as there is a real love of creating the end result.

I may be better off being a plumber!!!

Just framed an albino stuffed badger.
experience if nothing else