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You might have to go up a notch in the food chain of you suppliers to determine what they are actually are selling, any old oak, white oak or red oak if they actually know what they are selling. The latter might be the actual answer(they don't know what they are selling). https://www.cabinetdoors.co...

Nolan, I notice that you are not clarifying the type of oak that you are ordering. Are you ordering your moulding by asking for "oak" or "white oak"? There are 2 major variants: white oak and red oak. They are different species. If you have not have had a chat with your supplier,...

This link might assist in your searches. It is the organization that most professional art conservators are members of.

https://www.culturalheritage.org/about- ... onservator

Having worked on items larger than that in the past, it is a matter of taking baby bites with how you think. It is definitely a several person crew job. One is handling and the moving of it in your shop, transport and installation. Measure all areas more that once and run all steps through your mind...

Justin, I can really appreciate the woodworking skills of this framer as I have been woodworking since my teenage years. I hand my own single head moulding milling machine and shaper before being a framer. I just never had the nearby clientele that would appreciate that price level. I took over a bu...

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If that £3.00 rate has been the same price for several years, my second comment is even more a possibility, there is no profit at that price.

Please let all of us know what the outcome of your search is for a UK based supplier.

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Please let all of know if you can find a UK source as well as how much they want to charge.

"... quality is good but the company I'm using is diversifying into other things" Is that a secret code that they cannot make a profit on this project? It might be. Your economic inflation in the UK is not stagnant. Is this company also gluing the frames together, or just what you personal...

That type of price will probably be only imported from the Far East. The factory will have to have automated equipment that can make a finished frame with glazing and hardware. This is the type of company that would make frames for Ikea as an example. Note that using polystyrene foam moulding might ...

We do not know who you are purchasing your frame moulding from. There are thousands of frame moulding profiles and finishes. There are deep mouldings up to approximately 100mm that are bread and butter designs. It is up to you to talk with your supplier to see what else is available that will fit yo...

I seriously do not think that you can beat that price.

I ship glass and highly recommend looking at the published guides by the such as FedEx, UPS, DHL, etc. for their design standards.
As a personnel note I am in favor of using 50mm rigid polystyrene expanded foam panels on all 6 sides of the package. AKA home insulation sheets for walls.

3 questions

quantity

target price

why only poly-foam materials

A word of caution.
Getting into the the corners of a finished frame might give you poor results. It is best to modify it while it is still in stick form before it is chopped.

I would not recommend it from an engineering viewpoint as it is a precision machine. The slightest twist in the bed of the machine might damage the machine while it is operating. It is feasible; however, the bracing of the machine, to have a square platform each time it is placed into operating posi...

Just a basic word of advise regarding a hand tools vs a power tools. It is all about the efficiency of handling the task at hand. It is also all about the time it takes to perform that task if you are a hobbyist or a person who is making a living on the task. In general, items made with most hand to...

So, you are talking about "giving back o the community" project.

That is a totally different view on the project

Years ago shrink wrapping of posters was a big business for picture framers in the US. Today, nothing to speak of being shrink wrapped that I know of.

With your business owner had on, is it something that you really want to get into? How much money can you make?

It looks like you are missing a portion of the actual frame (lower right scroll). As a furniture store mirror that was mass produced at least 50-60 years ago they possibly used custom a stamped hardware that is no longer available. The hardware that is in your image, an offset bracket, is a common t...