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- Sun 07 Jan, 2024 10:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Strut backs
- Replies: 5
- Views: 143000
Re: Strut backs
I used to buy my clip and bar strutbacks from Simons, there was a little bit of play in the rivet holes, presumably due wear on the tooling, but there were more than good enough and made out of a very solid grade of 4mm MDF. I want to make my own, but it's not that easy. I also am not that keen on c...
- Sun 07 Jan, 2024 4:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Strut backs
- Replies: 5
- Views: 143000
Re: Strut backs
Hi John'
You ask does the framing need a decent strutback? I hope our suppliers are listening. I would say yes we do.
You ask does the framing need a decent strutback? I hope our suppliers are listening. I would say yes we do.
- Wed 03 Jan, 2024 1:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Learning time - what caused this damage?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 108835
Re: Learning time - what caused this damage?
Since the backing board is grey on one side, the base material may be grey board pulp and if so, grey board pulp generally is produced from recycled news print paper, which is about the cheapest source of paper that is availabe. Consquently, it's chemcal composition is not considered important, beca...
- Wed 03 Jan, 2024 12:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Learning time - what caused this damage?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 108835
Re: Learning time - what caused this damage?
It can be due to a variety of things, so there's not necessarily one particular cause. There is also a certain amount of humidity in the air in any room and at times the level of humidity can be higher, or lower. At night when the household heating goes off and the temperature drops, any air inside ...
- Mon 01 Jan, 2024 4:22 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Fletcher tab gun - repairable?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 213564
Re: Fletcher tab gun - repairable?
Get a nice fairly resistant one and cut it to be a good fit. You can alway cut it down a little if it is too thick, but if it is too thin you can't add it back on!
Enjoy and happy new year!
Enjoy and happy new year!
- Mon 01 Jan, 2024 4:03 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Fletcher tab gun - repairable?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 213564
Re: Fletcher tab gun - repairable?
Yes that would do it! That bit is quite skwishy and behaves like a shock absorber. It is necesary to limit the impact of the hammer blade against the tab being fire into the frame and it there prevents excessive impact damaging the hardened edge of the hammer blade. After a while, the plastic block ...
- Mon 01 Jan, 2024 11:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cassese underpinner musings
- Replies: 5
- Views: 35685
Re: Cassese underpinner musings
Well maybe! There are some bits that don't necessarily last the life of the machine, so you need to be aware of this. I'm talking particularly about the hammer blade on a Cassesse underpinner. it's a very thin bent piece of metal and now that you may not be able to obtain such spare parts anything w...
- Mon 01 Jan, 2024 6:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cassese underpinner musings
- Replies: 5
- Views: 35685
Re: Cassese underpinner musings
I too have a Cassesse CS-88. It is the second one that I have owned. I have been able to overcome most of the issues I have encountered in keeping my CS-88 working and might have some useful advice about how I have been able to keep my CS-88 going. About 4 years ago, my first CS-88 had a nut come lo...
- Sat 30 Dec, 2023 2:26 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Fletcher tab gun - repairable?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 213564
Re: Fletcher tab gun - repairable?
Both Framer's Equipment and Lion are able to supply parts for Fletcher Terry items of equipment, I would suggest that you carefully examine the various internal parts looking for signs of something which is excessively worn, or failed and see if you need a replacement part. It has been my personal e...
- Sat 30 Dec, 2023 1:28 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Fletcher tab gun - repairable?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 213564
Re: Fletcher tab gun - repairable?
They take a bit of figuring out how to get them back together, but it's can be done. The channel at the botton with the big spring, the hammer weight and the hammer blade need to go in last. To do this you need to slacken the screws at the top of the plastic casing and not yet have the bottom screws...
- Thu 21 Dec, 2023 3:26 pm
- Forum: Adverts/Sales/Wants
- Topic: Morso Blades
- Replies: 10
- Views: 170402
Re: Morso Blades
My understanding is that this type of blade has a shorter cutting edge and wiill limit the width of mouldings which you can cut. Yes, you will get twice as much use of both sides before you need to get the blades sharpened, but the shorter cutting edge would be a limitation when cutting wider mouldi...
- Wed 20 Dec, 2023 8:50 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: underpinner identification help, please
- Replies: 7
- Views: 42088
Re: underpinner identification help, please
The foot pedal is the clue here. If I am not mistaken, that is a Thorpe international underpinner. They were sold through Origin Framing Supplies who were based in Croyden. It's a very long time ago, but I remember seeing one being demostrated at the Spring Fair during the 1990's. This was a very lo...
- Tue 19 Dec, 2023 1:05 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Oak supplier advice
- Replies: 28
- Views: 363449
Re: Oak supplier advice
I've never had a bad batch of oak from Rose and Hollis yet, of course you do get variations, but all natural wood is like that. I like to match the pieces of oak within a single frame and consequently buy all my natural wood mouldings in batches, so I can match bits from different lengths. I get my ...
- Sun 17 Dec, 2023 11:46 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Tiles into coasters?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 106148
Re: Tiles into coasters?
I've framed a few hand painted tiles, there's a local artist that makes them. There are a bit easy to damage, because thay are only made from plaster and because of this it is normal practice to frame them to hang on the wall. I was not aware that framing tiles is anything particuarly unusual. Seems...
- Sun 17 Dec, 2023 11:26 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Morso Mitre handle stuck on 13th tooth arc
- Replies: 19
- Views: 361035
Re: Morso Mitre handle stuck on 13th tooth arc
I've had some other thoughts. 1. If the rebate supports are closed up too near the measurement rule on the the machine, they can stop against the rule and prevent the blades from moving any further severely restrict the movement of the blades towards the fences, but you have to be attempting to cut ...
- Sun 17 Dec, 2023 9:03 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Morso Mitre handle stuck on 13th tooth arc
- Replies: 19
- Views: 361035
Re: Morso Mitre handle stuck on 13th tooth arc
It is almost certainly due to sticky through a lack of lubrication. I've had my own Morso starting to get a ittle bit stuck and needed to lubricate it through the little hole on top of the flat cast iron surface in front of the pivoting fences. There's a small countersunk hole there, which I only re...
- Wed 29 Nov, 2023 3:06 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Cassese CS79 underpinner - fix info required
- Replies: 4
- Views: 25714
Re: Cassese CS79 underpinner - fix info required
I had this same problem when I had a CS-79. There was a batch of machines with this problem. If I remember rightly, I bought my machine from Lion, by I may have spoken to Simons about the problem. It's so long ago that I'm not completely sure. I was sent some washers in a small Jiffy bag, with some ...
- Wed 29 Nov, 2023 2:54 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Pistorius Underpinner - Problem
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12343
Re: Pistorius Underpinner - Problem
Manual Pistorius machines are pretty bullet proof. Everything all operates off the same machine chain and pulley, so it's a process of elimination before you can be sure where the problem is. Check that the chain has not stretched by seeing if you can pull the chain away from the pulley in the middl...
- Sun 26 Nov, 2023 4:53 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Non-Reflective Glass in a Box Frame
- Replies: 4
- Views: 29463
Re: Non-Reflective Glass in a Box Frame
I've always understood that 2mm plain float glass is only consider suitable for sizes upto 1 metre square glass size. Normal diffused reflection (non reflective glass) tends to fuzz the image as it is moved further away from the object, or artwork, so normal basic non reflective glass would not norm...
- Mon 20 Nov, 2023 2:42 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: How to increase rebate depth
- Replies: 12
- Views: 113274
Re: How to increase rebate depth
Hi john,
Do you remember me extending the depth of frames by adding a spacer inside the rebate? You told me that they looked like cockoo clocks. Well sorry, but there were still times when I still did this, needs must!!!
Do you remember me extending the depth of frames by adding a spacer inside the rebate? You told me that they looked like cockoo clocks. Well sorry, but there were still times when I still did this, needs must!!!