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- Thu 01 Feb, 2024 10:37 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Ornate gold moulding for canvas minatures
- Replies: 6
- Views: 951
Re: Ornate gold moulding for canvas minatures
This is why I do 99% hand finished mouldings nowadays. :D I can make anything given time and budget. On the face of it you just need to make a basic tray frame and put an ornate moulding around it, but finding a suitable 'off the shelf' ornate moulding is not easy. Could you give a more detailed des...
- Fri 26 Jan, 2024 10:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What extra ‘must have’ equipment would you recommend?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4115
Re: What extra ‘must have’ equipment would you recommend?
A seriously big rubbish bin.
- Sat 20 Jan, 2024 11:59 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Sealing packages
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1403
- Fri 19 Jan, 2024 5:07 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Sealing packages
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1403
Re: Sealing packages
I've used a white acid free self adhesive like Nitto tape/P70 for a few years on most work, saving the acid free gummed tape for level 1 work but recently started to use the gummed tape for everything. Masking tape is banned in my work space, I can't stand the stuff. If you've ever had to open up a...
- Thu 18 Jan, 2024 2:10 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Sealing packages
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1403
Re: Sealing packages
I've been doing this for years. It doesn't take long and once done you know no bits can get in. It's much easier the handle one unified object than faff about loading separate glass/mount/back into a frame. It's when you try to do this that bits get sucked in. Also when in the frame it's an excellen...
- Fri 05 Jan, 2024 10:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Question about Keen cut Excalibur 5000 board cutter
- Replies: 4
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Re: Question about Keen cut Excalibur 5000 board cutter
The legs can be extended yes and you could alway seat the legs in wooden blocks for extra height. But raising the machine would make reaching the upper two-wheel cutter block very difficult unless you are very tall or have very long arms. Mine sits nicely against an 8½' wall. Raising the horizontal ...
- Fri 05 Jan, 2024 10:47 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Hedgehog method
- Replies: 24
- Views: 667725
Re: Hedgehog method
It should be mentioned that the float method of mounting is not really the ideal way to mount paper-borne artwork. Especially large stuff. It may stay reasonably flat or it may go wavy an curl away from the mounting board at the edges. That's something that can't really be 'cured'. The traditional w...
- Thu 04 Jan, 2024 2:12 pm
- Forum: Business Matters
- Topic: Making Tax Digital
- Replies: 3
- Views: 85334
Re: Making Tax Digital
I've just had a nice lady ring to try and resolve the issue. :D She says it likely an issue with their software. We went through setting up a new online VAT account, but that one wouldn't let me sign in as well. At least I know it's not my fault. :clap: Anyhow, she said I could make the payment via ...
- Thu 04 Jan, 2024 11:05 am
- Forum: Business Matters
- Topic: Making Tax Digital
- Replies: 3
- Views: 85334
Making Tax Digital
OK, here a funny kettle of fish.......... A while ago it was decided that VAT returns had to be submitted digitally, as members are no doubt aware. So I get it all set up on my PC and try to brush-up on the intricacies of Excel. Previously I wrote all my accounts in a book of real paper with a real ...
- Sat 23 Dec, 2023 10:24 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ideas for old chevrons
- Replies: 4
- Views: 40614
Re: Ideas for old chevrons
Stack them neatly in cardboard boxes.
Put the boxes in a big shed for 30 years and then burn them.
Put the boxes in a big shed for 30 years and then burn them.
- Thu 21 Dec, 2023 11:26 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: underpinner identification help, please
- Replies: 7
- Views: 39217
Re: underpinner identification help, please
A major shortcoming with these machines is the top pressure pad. It can dent certain mouldings. On my Euro model I made a triangle from ½" thick wood and faced it with cork (polyurethane is better if you can get a bit). This is to spread the load and is placed over the corner when joining. To s...
- Wed 20 Dec, 2023 11:48 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: underpinner identification help, please
- Replies: 7
- Views: 39217
Re: underpinner identification help, please
The head mechanism looks very like the old Euro range, so I suspect it's a derivative of one of those.
I do have some experience of them and they are basic but tough machines so I may be able to help with
any probs.
I do have some experience of them and they are basic but tough machines so I may be able to help with
any probs.
- Wed 20 Dec, 2023 12:09 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Oak supplier advice
- Replies: 28
- Views: 336846
Re: Oak supplier advice
I don't use much Oak, but I can heartily endorse Rose & Hollis. If you speak to them nicely they would probably
pick out all matching bits.
* You might want to try Ash for light finishes. It's a tad easier to work with and tends to be more consistent.
pick out all matching bits.
* You might want to try Ash for light finishes. It's a tad easier to work with and tends to be more consistent.
- Sun 10 Dec, 2023 5:24 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Filling grain on obeche
- Replies: 8
- Views: 96592
Re: Filling grain on obeche
I use a lot of 'No Nonsense' fine surface wood filler from Screwfix. Basically I apply it with a knackered old brush. Dip the brush in water and scrub it into filler then paint it on. Not too wet and not to dry. Then take a cloth and rub it in, taking off the excess. When it's dry, sand off any nobb...
- Fri 08 Dec, 2023 10:46 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Morso F not cutting Vertically
- Replies: 4
- Views: 19366
Re: Morso F not cutting Vertically
First of all I would try re-seating the blades.
They should be snug where they meet and equal height.
They should be snug where they meet and equal height.
- Mon 04 Dec, 2023 10:57 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Self Spacers
- Replies: 12
- Views: 83624
Re: Self Spacers
I use a Keencut straightedge with the rubber inserts. :D Foamcore is notoriously hard to cut clean. You need a good, sharp blade. Blades are cheaper than foamcore. :P It's a good idea to make the first stroke very lightly just to establish the 'track'. Then you can press harder until you get though ...
- Fri 01 Dec, 2023 10:48 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Staining/Finishing
- Replies: 8
- Views: 83927
Re: Staining/Finishing
Quick Tip: Don't use steel wool on Oak (or Ash) or you can get little black spots were steel fragments
lodge in the pores and react.
lodge in the pores and react.
- Wed 22 Nov, 2023 10:07 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: How to increase rebate depth
- Replies: 12
- Views: 106553
Re: How to increase rebate depth
I use a great many of these for mounting sticky-out canvases... https://www.lionpic.co.uk/p/8591/Bendable-Fixing-Plates-37mm-Pack-100 They are very easily formed to fit exactly. If you want to conceal the side of the canvas then Rose&Hollis do a good selection of square stripwood which can be ta...
- Sat 18 Nov, 2023 10:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Any way to ship a frame with glass?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 91069
Re: Any way to ship a frame with glass?
I've used these people in the past and they are specialist art shippers. Not too dear.
https://www.aardvarkartservices.com/
https://www.aardvarkartservices.com/
- Tue 14 Nov, 2023 12:48 pm
- Forum: After Hours
- Topic: hand mitre saws
- Replies: 11
- Views: 75593
Re: hand mitre saws
I cobbled together this setup for £<500. The only disadvantage is that it needs to be a permanent setup. It's also very dusty but a good dust extraction system would cure that. I've been using it for ten years and it speeds up cutting big awkward mouldings considerably. Having two saws avoids the ne...