The Framers Forum

I use the SILBERSCHNITT oil filled cutter, clean breaks almost* every time, even on a full length cut on 48" x 36" 2mm and 3mm stock. I do make sure that the glass is right at the end of the bench before adding pressure for it to snap. ** Not 100% every time I must admit and usually it's t...

We run a photo studio and printing service and now have ventured into the framing side too.

Now anyone who has a portrait photographed ends up with one of our frames too.
We too also have the Epson V750 Pro scanner which gets a lot of work and most of the jobs end up in one of our frames.

How are you cutting them? I find polcore cuts very well on the morso.

I am using a Morso but was attempting to cut a piece in one go in the beginning, now I take my time and all is well.

You have to make a lot of polcore frames to make a living... Framing is a new venture at our photography studio which so far has been quite good tying the framing in with printing has proved to be quite popular. It's a massive learning curve and we only take on jobs that we are comfortable with aft...

Is moulding available in wood too?

We haven't been going that long but have worked out that 80% want the cheapest posssible
and don't care one way or the other what it's made from.

£5.50 fitted if they have the frame with them otherwise £3.50

Possibly interested, dependent on price.

The right click install only works on windows.

On a Mac you will need to drag the into Library/ColorSync/Profiles

Looking for extension arms for the Alpha Underpinner if such things exist.
Quite new to framing and find it a bit of a feat to hold a 42inch and a 30inch piece of moulding at the same time while trying to join them together.

I should have looked first, loads of info on the forum so hopefully sorted.

I have been asked to frame to paintings on Papyrus which I have never done.
Both paintings are 3ft x2ft and need a mount as the edges are as you can imagine jaggy.

Any tips greatly appreciated as to go about this.

Thanks

The prints can be obtained from most professional labs, eg. Colourworld, Loxley

The problem was the moulding clamp which I have now replaced with a new one from Lion.
The old shaft on the clamp was pitted to hell and wasn't travelling as far down as I thought.

Thanks for input everyone.

Thanks for the info, now I think about it the moulding clamp is a pig to tighten onto the moulding, I'llhave a play tomorrow.

I have an Alpha foot operated underpinner that is doing my top in. :head: Every time I try to join a frame it seperates the mitre rather than joining it together? I amat a loss as to the problem. I pull the back stop up tight, the front bit is in tight and the clamp is as tight as I can get it but s...

No, I too am getting a very slow response

Thanks for the welcome messages, and Keith I intend to learn from the bottom up. I do realise that being let loose with someones treasured posession is a no-no until I know what I am doing with it. I have looked with interest at various bad framing practices etc but still need to learn to differenci...

Hi to everyone.

I own (with my wife) a photography studio in the centre of Durham and we have now decided to offer framing too.
Look forward to picking lots of brains on the forum.

Brian