The Framers Forum

Some on here may know Richard Atkins from Livingston, a lifelong framer of some repute. Sadly Richard passed away on 27th July at Tippethill House Hospital, Armadale. His wife Monica passed away in March this year. RIP.

Thanks very much Justin and NTG999 for taking the time to respond. I think I definitely need to sort this and will look at the settings on the software as you suggest. I’ll study the Help Section and see what I can come up with.

Thanks Justin and NTG999 for your responses. The most recent example of this was an already mounted print. I measured the artwork @ 35.5 x 25cms. Centrado moulding CO.CR3313OK. The price for the moulding came up at £33 on the pricing software. I had no mount cost obviously and the glass price came t...

Yea I get it. Wonder if that’s why I’ve been so busy

Damn. Thanks for that very succinct response.

Hi. I currently use the Estlite software for pricing jobs and yesterday I was asked by a customer why I only measured the actual print rather than the whole item which already had a substantially sized mount around it. I explained that the programme automatically calculates the mount cost and takes ...

I’ve been reloading the cartridges for a while now but care is needed as they do not fire the same as the bought cartridges and often get jammed. I buy the Alfamacchine v nails for this job. There is a limit to how many times you can remove the ‘plug’ without it deteriorating. Onwards and ………..

Justin, Can I ask what your issue with the CS1 Cart is? I bought one years ago and have used it every day since. Once I learned how to dismantle it and put it back together and work with it I haven’t had any problems whatsoever. I reversed the operation so I can pin from the back and it performs ver...

I have had the very same issue. I agree with Steven on this. I have 4 sets of blades and only two of them cut perfectly. I spoke to the people at Mainline Mouldings who offer a blade sharpening service and they offered to check the badly cutting blades to see if they had been sharpened properly. The...

Hi. The paper doesn’t seem to have cockled with the application of water colour paints and seems more to have been curled through being in the tube. Personally I would try to reverse roll it onto a tube or, as someone posted recently, a roller blind and leave it for an hour or so. This will flatten ...

I’ve emailed you Barry with more specifics.

Thanks Steve.. I think I bought the machine from Wessex? I would certainly avoid Spraymount though?

I’ve just completed a batch of prints (A1) and each one was backed onto 2.8mm conservation board. They are for an exhibition at Glasgow University and the ‘student’ couldn’t afford frames. This is a fairly rigid board and will under normal situations remain flat. I used my jet mount/cold mount lamin...

These plasticky type canvasses do indeed lend themselves to stretching in the conventional manner and can then be framed either tray style or normal moulding etc. Having said that I often (after explaining the process to the customer) apply these to 5 or 6mm MDF board. For a print of this size I wou...

I also use Mainline and am very happy with the service and the quality of the work.

Thanks for the info John. I gather you may be retired now but much appreciated that you’re willing to use your years of experience to help others

Hi, I have a CS1 Cart underpinner and whilst it has its foibles and temperaments I am pretty happy with how it performs. I took advice on here some time ago to instead of buying the cartridges refill them with other types such as Alfamacchine wedges etc. I did this for a while and whilst it is cheap...

You say it’s a print. Is it a Giclèe print on good quality paper? What size is it? Can it be cold mounted onto a substrate to flatten it out? What about self adhesive board if the customer is ok with that? I’m also a watercolour artist and often flatten out my work, if the paper is cockled/rippled b...

LBC radio for me. Best listen for me recently is James O’Brien podcast full disclosure interview with Noel Fitzpatrick.

Thanks for the responses. Much appreciated.