The Framers Forum

Hi all we'll just picked up my Morso F cutter second hand but hardly used. I have been playing with it today and noticed that the cuts were not quite clean as I had hoped however the previous owner had the machine for 14 years and hasn't had the blades sharpened as he hardly used it. Can the blades ...

Has anyone used this type of hanger from Lion for mounting a plate I have 12x 27cmm plates to mount they are china so a bit worried about the wire and spring method. Any advice would help.

Well just been reading the posts about the futura and will be able to offer hands on help after Wednesday as I pick up mine then can't wait. V grooves here I come

I have been recently asked to mount a number of plates in a glass frame. The box frame is no problem but what should I use to mount the plate on to the mount board I take it I will be mounting through the board on to a stronger backing. I was thinking about getting plate hangers and using them but I...

After reading some posts about float mounting most say to laminate the picture to a bit of mount board or foam board but what adhesive do you recommend for this.

Thank you all for help. Love the slip over frame got it in mind for another project. I was looking for something like a frame that has a hinged front like a book and can be opened to allow access to the medals. Think I saw a post on here some where but trawled through the posts and can't find it.

I have been asked to mount a friends medals in a case that he can hang on the wall and also can be opened to alow him to use the medals then replace them in the case on display. I think there is a post on here somewhere I am looking for a plan to make the said case if anyone can help.

Wow just reading some of these posts and boy am I under charging I am about to have a go at 6x 76cm x 108cm posters and using 3mm float glass and was going to use 3/4 sq moulding like Wessex B1523 the customer has asked for a 3 inch mount so the total area is 76cm x 108cm I was not intending to use ...

Morning all I have been asked to mount an antique butchers hat which is a bit like a bowler hat but solid leather and weighs a ton (well not quite ). I have looked in the lion catalogue which does a rugby ball display case but it’s not quite big enough. I am looking to make my own case but where can...

Well I have finally got round to trying to make a cove box as per the design program. I put in the sizes required however the sizes generated in mm came to 22.56mm first question is do I round everything up to the nearest mm ? Secondly the cut shown in the post was done on a CMC (not sure what that ...

Ty for advice just done it with art face up and he presto it workes great

Morning all have just trolled through the posts to see if there is an answer to the dust problem I am having. I seem to spend ages on the assembling faze of the frame due to dust, hair, fluff, old socks, garden shed, family pet or foam or in fact everything you can think of getting between the glass...

Ty for the advice it looks like new blades then lol

I have just got some 10mm foamboard from Wessex Pic's and am finding that I am having problems cutting it I used firstly my straight edged cutter that came with my Logan cutter and it seemes to catch and full out some of the core foam, the same thing happened when i used my trusty stanley knife. I n...

Ty for your advice I have got some tapestry tape that seems to stick well so will try that and see how it goes.

Ty yet again great advice looks like a visit to B & Q then

I have noticed that most framers seem to use acrylic paint to touch up or colour their frames. What sort of paint is it i.e. like the tubes you can get from Amazon or is there a special type for wood.

Hi all

Part of a commission I have been asked to do is sticking an engraved plaque on to the mount board. The plaque comes with a bit of what looks like double sided tape on the back would this be enough to hold it there or should I use some other way to hold it on to the board if so what ?

Ty guys I was thinking of the strip fitting but the only ones that Wessex do require staining however if I can get a thinner or bevelled one that would do the trick

ok Ty for the advice I will pass it on to my friend