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- Tue 24 Jul, 2018 10:51 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Crumbling art work
- Replies: 5
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Crumbling art work
So I was asked by a regular customer if I could tart some of her old painting up with new mounts etc, just as I've done for her a few times now. They were obviously old frames but I took on the job anyway. I took one apart today with no issues, but the other one which was the older of the two posed ...
- Tue 24 Jul, 2018 10:45 pm
- Forum: Business Matters
- Topic: Customer work not picked up
- Replies: 14
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Customer work not picked up
Hi all. I've got some work that I've completed for a customer and, despite a couple of phone calls to let him know that it's ready, he still hasn't been to pay for it and take it away. Any idea how long I have to hang on to his work before advertising it on Ebay or the likes?
- Sat 02 Jun, 2018 5:30 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Joints opening at the back
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5097
Re: Joints opening at the back
I've been making some adjustments today and have got it just about right. A few minor adjustments are still needed on Monday I think, just to make me happy about the quality more than anything. Great advice from people. Thanks.
- Fri 01 Jun, 2018 8:17 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Joints opening at the back
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5097
Re: Joints opening at the back
Thanks for the advice, it's much appreciated. This is my weekend task now
- Fri 01 Jun, 2018 7:27 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Joints opening at the back
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5097
Joints opening at the back
I'm sure I've seen a topic like this one before but here we go anyway. I've just had my Morso blades sharpened for the first time and man, what a difference it makes. However, the joints when pinned are opening slightly at the back. I believe that this may have something to do with the morso blade p...
- Fri 01 Jun, 2018 7:20 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Storing Mountboard?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6453
Re: Storing Mountboard?
I've only been operating six months but have found that an old print browser is useful to store boards in. I keep the full sheets behind it with a thick piece of mdf in front of them to stop them bending, and then larger off cuts go in the browser. Works quite well for me as I've got limited space a...
- Fri 25 May, 2018 8:38 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Framing a canvas in frame with a small rebate
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2263
Re: Framing a canvas in frame with a small rebate
Thanks for your input everyone. It's confirmed what I was thinking and, having talked further with the customer today we've agreed that stretcher moulding is the way forward and we're going to build up the frame around the edge. We'll just have to wait and see what the corners of the moulding are li...
- Thu 24 May, 2018 7:28 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Framing a canvas in frame with a small rebate
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2263
Framing a canvas in frame with a small rebate
A customer has had some rather expensive canvases sent over from Pakistan, the largest of which is 6ft x 3ft. They also came with pre-cut frames that have a very shallow rebate so using stretcher moulding isn't an ideal way to stretch them. I'm just wondering if there's any mileage in me using MDF w...
- Wed 28 Feb, 2018 7:57 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Polcore splitting
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6712
Re: Polcore splitting
Thanks IFGL
- Wed 28 Feb, 2018 7:55 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Polcore splitting
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6712
Re: Polcore splitting
It's white Bobble! Which is very pretty, but is killing business.
- Sun 25 Feb, 2018 3:09 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Polcore splitting
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6712
Re: Polcore splitting
Thanks everyone. It certainly is a learning curve and I'm swinging towards the last idea given of just offering to make a wooden one instead. Lesson learned on this one I think.
- Sat 24 Feb, 2018 8:06 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Polcore splitting
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6712
Polcore splitting
I've had a customer bring a frame into me for resizing that he bought online. It's a polcore/emafyl moulding with a scoop on the back of the moulding, and when I tried trimming it the moulding broke quite badly at the top of the scoop. Any ideas on how I can stop this as I've never worked with any p...
- Thu 15 Feb, 2018 12:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: cs20 underpinner
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1675
cs20 underpinner
Having problems with getting the wedges into hardwoods.Already using hardwood wedges.Any ideas.
- Thu 11 Jan, 2018 4:35 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Rough edges on mountboard bevels
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3436
Re: Rough edges on mountboard bevels
Thanks Featurepiece
- Thu 11 Jan, 2018 3:12 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Rough edges on mountboard bevels
- Replies: 6
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Rough edges on mountboard bevels
Hi. My mount cutter has suddenly started leaving rough edges on bevel cuts. I take it that this means the blade is blunt, or have I got a bigger issue? Thanks
- Fri 29 Dec, 2017 10:48 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Insurance
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2878
Re: Insurance
Thanks Peter. I had noticed NFU coming up a lot and have had a quote off them of £500+ which seems a bit excessive, but may be normal for the industry.
- Fri 29 Dec, 2017 6:22 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Insurance
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2878
Insurance
Hi everyone Having just set up our workshop, we've been left stranded by our insurance company who have said that they have offered us the wrong insurance and can't actually offer us another product. We're having problems with other companies as well and have found the prices quoted becoming silly a...
- Fri 29 Dec, 2017 6:20 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Seasons Greetings
- Replies: 2
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Seasons Greetings
Hi everyone. I'm Derek and, along with my wife Anita, have taken the plunge and set up our own small framing business in the lovely town of Whitby in North Yorkshire. I've been involved with the industry on and off for nearly thirty years having run and owned trade counters, worked as a sales agent,...