The Framers Forum

I take it we're all hearing Denis Norden's voice when reading these.

My fave of his: "When you bend down to tie your shoe laces, and ask yourself if there's anything else that needs doing while you're down there".

Thanks for the quick replies, guys. :clap: Reassuring to know 'hand cutting' is pretty normal, and that you can get such great results.....when you know what you're doing. I'm sure my initial jobs will be oil paintings (no glass!), but of course I want to get my 3 brain cells around the logistics of...

Hi Folks – I hope today is treating you well. I’d like to get your thoughts on glass cutting without big equipment (e.g. Excaliber 5000 etc) I see places like Wessex supply/deliver cut to exact size – any comments on going that way, just to start with? Does it add fortunes to in-cost....and what oth...

prospero wrote:You try changing the TV channel with a calculator.

That's a double whammy: or doing your invoicing with the TV remote.

I'll let you know how I get on. Got mine from that Aussie chap who makes them (video on Youtube, I think), Anyway, it's got a little magnet on the business end of it, to save the wedge dropping off. Just ordered a band clamp, and think I'll glue up 1st, then move on to the business of whacking my fi...

By the way, I'm not hung up on getting all pro-standard kit from the outset. I guess that buying anything less than a Morso is a false economy (especially as they hold their value so well). But if any of you have stuff (underpinners, mount cutters etc.) you'd now consider 'hobby' standard, do give m...

Doh, I thought of something to post on this thread, but it's gone right out of my head.

Hi All, Another newbie looking to kit himself out (soup to nuts, as they say)! Am in no rush, as the space I’m taking has to be made ‘habitable’. But thought I'd yell now, in case anyone's considering offloading anything. Basically after: a decent Morso, Foot-operated underpinner, Mount cutter (min ...

Thanks, Mr P. :D I'm only re-commissioning the Nobex, as we're too late to do chop/rim at Wessex. The wife's only just decided to put a pic in the exhibition. Also be interesting to see if I can get a semi-reasonable job with the Nobex. TBH, the standard of framing at the little exhibition is never ...

Hi Everyone, another newbie! Been reading this brilliant forum for a while now, and finally got round to signing up. I’ve got some space above a garage in Surrey, and hoping to go pro in the fullness of time – if my skills are up to it. The plan is to get my skills up to speed framing the wife’s wor...

LOL, saw the thread title and thought it was a 'stand off' like a situation/argument that needed arbitration! I have an awful lot to learn

EDIT: oops, someone already had the same thought!

Thanks all :clap: I signed up a few years ago.....but thanks, I will take my customer number along. I'll also bear in mind the min order possibility; might have to pick up some essentials I don't quite need yet! I'm not kitted out yet (look forward to seeing me pop up on the adverts thread!), so wil...

Hi All, First post and all that (I will be doing an intro one to say hello properly). Just have a quick question about Wessex: is it possible to buy mouldings there and then, or does everything have to be pre-ordered....even if you collect? To cut a short story long, I need to pop in there (Leatherh...