The Framers Forum

Thanks for your interest Steve N, I suppose there was a misunderstanding with the mount - I phoned and asked for 2 mounts, same size but one with 5 mm smaller aperture, gave sizes and said its for a double mount, didn't occur to me that they would fix the two mounts together - I'm the framer, that's...

Just found a previous thread on flattening le prints. W h at a treasure filled joy this forum is.!

Thanks for responses the framer and David. Good point on the over cut, so, what with that, the damage And the fact that the mounts have kindly been stuck together meaning I'll have hassle taking them apart to fit the spacer, sigh, I feel justified in asking for a refund. Trimming the edge is not an ...

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Thanks for your reply Graysalchemy. I knew I'd have trouble with this job, 3mm rebate indeed. who ever devised such a ridiculous constraint! I was hoping there'd be an answer along the lines of ' apply a drop of distilled water, leave it overnight, burnish it in the morning with a piece of agate and...

Good afternoon, hope someone may have a tip, I've tried cutting mounts out of jumbo board in the past and it's been a struggle in my limited space (and I'm not exactly tall) so I ordered one, it's actually a double mount, the two mounts are stuck together - there is a slight crushing on one corner, ...

I don't know how I managed before getting a dehumidifier in the workshop. , I try to keep mine going 24/7, looking at the temperature/humidity guage its fascinating to see how much the humidity goes up when it's raining, and I do have doors and a roof! (but not much insulation): as well as keeping t...

perhaps the FATG could award a couple hundred CPD points for reading and understanding the article!

I couldn't explain why green and not brown or red, but there's a fascinating article all about light transmission UV etc. especially framing glass here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picture_framing_glass
Caroline