The Framers Forum

Ah! Now I get it. Sorry if I was a bit slow on the uptake. So. Let me see... A new member posts a query on a forum. The reply: Stick to the day job, leave it to those who know what they are doing. Hilarious! Nope, thought I did, but I still don't get it. Some people have the ability to make a dead p...

There is little to argue with in the above post. However this is not the issue, it is one of good manners. This is not an appropriate response to someone (and especially a newcomer) who is seeking advice on a particular framing problem. Consider the attitude of the US "Grumblers". Dermot's...

Hi kaptain.kopter It is unfortunate that some framers are unable to walk and also chew gum. Pay no heed, it is possible to be a photographer and also make picture frames. We're not talking rocket surgery here, once you know the basics a little bit of guidance is all it takes to move on to the more e...

Hi wellington, Welcome to the forum. Sorry that my gentle, humorous (I thought!) post, reminding you to include some vital information, was seen as unfunny by some. You will find that we are all pretty helpful here, even Roboframer (ok not as helpful as Dermot who will knock spots of him in that dep...

Are you prepared to travel to collect this equipment? We are split as to your location. Some say Wellington - must be New Zealand. Others believe that the North West in your profile must surely mean the North West Frontier Province. Wellington or Peshawar? Either way, you could have a bit of a journ...

Andy

What a coincidence, it turns out that we must know the same chip shop owner Robo, surely it is the same guy. :) I was talking to him just last night and he was telling me that there is this framer on his street who is forever dragging people to the door of his shop, jabbing an accusatory finger towa...

Let's not be silly. Can anyone imagine professionals denouncing Black & Decker for also selling power tools to hobbyists? Ridiculous! Perhaps our local chippy owner is more clued up than those from Sussex, but he would be happy to sell his King Edwards to the public till the cows come home, for ...

They are not really limited at all Norah - just that the men cool enough to wear them are! Full marks Robo. It takes real cojones to publicly admit to being limited in the Y-front department. :) I sincerely hope that these limited edition Versace garments are not embracing this new notion of openne...

(Quick check) Oh yes - Versace, limited edition - they actually ARE silk! But the burning question is, are they really limited edition? How are they limited? :) Just to clarify, it's years since I treated the scribblings at the bottom of these prints as anything other than obscure hieroglyphics, an...

Don't understand why anyone would get their panties all bunched up over this. Surely it's a good thing, since many publishers were not following the original guidelines too strictly anyway, that we are now going to have openness and transparency, and we all (publisher, retailer, and customer) know e...

So you are not happy, Robo, with the answer you got here, and are off to the land of the 15.000 "limited edition" to get a better result?? If you are "clueless" then I'm "bewildered". When mechanical reproductions start to regularly appear at non-specialist auctions fet...

A great learning experience for you Pizmo. If it's any consolation, stuff like this happens to even the most experienced framers. (Not usually all on the one job though!) As you have discovered, doing work for friends and family can be a nightmare area, specially when they haven't got a clue about t...

Sure some come in with smartarse comments, some go off topic. .... Maybe some have misguided notions ..... No-one's word is accepted without question just because they are prolific posters. ! Bit of a long-winded way, John, of saying that you are in total agreement with me. :) You gotta be careful ...

if I were to post a topic, right now, asking what, in the members' opinion, was the best for quality/performance/colour range/cost. I would receive some very well informed opinions - fast. And a fair amount of drivel! Unfortunately, on these fora, as in life, there are many with the misguided notio...

Hi Ormond,

Interesting post.

I'm a little confised though. Are you saying that those peoples' minds were closed because they would not employ your higher standards, or that your mind was closed to the notion that the methods that they used were adequate for their purposes?

Nice frame john.

I'm sure that we all would appreciate a few words on its construction.

Hi Mathematician, Welcome to the forum. How many customers, do you reckon, would need to have "explained" to them why the main dealer charges substantially more to fit a set of spark plugs than a back street mechanic, or why M&S sells a pair of nickers at 5 times the rate of those in a...