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One way is 40x30 timber mitred to the correct size then a slot cut across the mitres and insert a piece of ply to allow you to open up the mitres, once the canvas is on the either screw or nail in position can be a fiddle though, dead stretcher is another way and can get good results depending on th...

No worries on that issue either, and for the weight your talking of, you need no more that a spot of it, Lion also do plastic holders should you wish to look at those or there are tapes but this is fool proof and on low value items well worth considering, Last week i framed a guitar signed by a mr M...

Just a general builders silicone will do, since using it years ago to hang pictures where i cant mechanically fix ive used this method and not one failure ive used it on metalwork to test any damage as a result from its use and zero effect from using it so id say its a safe bet, if you need to take ...

Im not advocating this, but just a wee thought, near 25 years ago i framed some huge pictures for an Edinburgh pub, approx 6x4 foot, it was a listed building so nailing screwing into walls was not a option, so after consultation they agreed to let me fix them with silicone, 25 years later they are s...

Just off the cuff, and agree the realms of fantasy customers live in, but a board big enough to the size and expanding foam sprayed to give the shape, then lay the flag on and spray starch, within the usual shadow box, as i said off the cuff but its a start, good luck with that, these jobs can often...

As i made it, it has no name, any good size roller about 40mm diameter will do, it just takes the hassle out of trying to get it flat without it curling up or doing it freehand and ending up with a crease, when i get a chance i will take a pic of it, nothing fancy but it works a treat.

I can honestly say the hedgehog method works a treat and something i do half a dozen times a week on artwork up to a metre square and with no problems, having tried other methods throughout the years hedgehog is by far the best, another thing i do for posters etc that come in rolled up is, I made up...

Thanks George, good to be here.

Ach your a good man Cleaver, but Ferrari? , I think after today it will be," Can some one wheel me home in a barrow"...Ferrari lol...I drive a skip!

Basking in sunshine, but alas have a contract to be finished today by 5pm heading for the big smoke, so no rest today and in the workshop and like a mushroom (Things can only get better) .....we should all be out enjoying the weather a beer and watch the world go by....we can dream!

Oh your no ass Cleaver, but no matter how long we have been in this game were always learning, (so you can teach an old dog new tricks) .

Hi Tom, your welcome to pop in anytime your passing....

Thanks for the welcome, i should not be here but its just too warm to be jumping up and down like a lunatic on a morso, so a coffee or two and catchup on some paperwork, always tomorrow....

Yeah they can be a little daunting, its just so much of my framing is very big and way over half sheet size, still its just a knack of cutting and not on the system 5000, i cut it all free hand, finding it much faster that way....times money!

Thats fine, if you can sort postage to Edinburgh and let me know the total i can call you with my card details. Thanks

Hi, fast approaching 60 and been a framer for 30 years just on the outskirts of Edinburgh, I have come on to this forum now and then for years and had many a chuckle from some of the posts. I have a workshop and a mix of framing from contract to artists and street trade, which keeps me on my toes, I...

Hi can i ask if this price includes postage?. Many Thanks