The Framers Forum

Welcome, David. You've found exactly the right place for generous and helpful people.

If you haven't already, I'd grab a copy of Pete Bingham's superb book: 'Picture Framing.....'

Welcome, Steve.

Pete, soon kids will be asking what ciggies were..." Is that like pre-historic Vaping?"

Pete, absolutely zero reason to apologise. I've been reading this forum for quite a while (well before I signed up), and it's plain as day what a lovely bloke you are. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen anything untoward on this forum (maybe I'm looking in the wrong places!), which is a miracle f...

Pete, I purposely didn't name specific mouldings when I asked for the price differential, as I realise it's business-sensitive. I.e. I could have been asking about one of the cheapest, most expensive or middle-priced mouldings. I understand that the forum needs to keep things generic, unless it's on...

All sorted, thanks.

Thanks Rainbow. I just meant how much of a premium is paid for chop...all things being equal (I understand they rarely are!) For instance: a moulding costs £10 a metre, and I need 3 metres for the frame. Therefore moulding in-cost is £30 (assuming every inch of the moulding is useable) Or.....to buy...

Hi sisters...many thanks for your reply! May I ask a couple of things on chop: (1) what does it add to the price? (2) Do you experience many problems with quality of cuts - and general quality? Of course, no need to name names on suppliers when answering - it'd just be very handy to know....especial...

You certainly notice a difference when you lubricant the wheel it makes a very satisfying sound as you cut. I use the Lion lubricant it also claims to keep the cut warm and open longer or something like that! I use a Fletcher 3100 and it’s brilliant, if I want a more precise square cut for mount bo...

Thanks again, all. So grateful to everyone who takes the time to educate me.

Re how many mouldings, I have a stock of over 250 samples. This is a lot less than some framers, but the main thing is that it suits my way of working. I don't try to be "all things to all men" so I don't need to stock samples for every type of framing job there ever might be. I'm happy w...

Welcome, swissy.....noob myself, so we're in the same boat!

Thanks so much for the lovely warm welcomes, all.

It's almost like A FRAMERS ONLY post!! :lol:[/quote] Oh, I see what you mean. Apologies to all if I should have posted this thread in the Members Only section. I'm grateful that Mark and others have opened my eyes to the fact that number of frames offered has more aspects to it than just customer c...

That's fantastic and so good of you, Mark. Appreciate the reassurance that I will pick up stuff like choosing moulding that's up to the job structurally - that point in isolation would have scared the life out of me....meaning, if I recommended or agreed to use moulding that wasn't physically up to ...

poliopete wrote:When you find yourself carefully counting out the customer's change into their hand

That's alright, Pete.

It's if -after counting it out in their hand - you say "....and that makes 10 pounds" (or whatever the amount is) that the game's up!

Just wondering: roughly how many mouldings forum users display/offer to their customers? FWIW (speaking as a punter ) when I go into some framing shops, I can be slightly daunted by the vast choice. Due to square footage limitations, I’m not going to able to offer that many. So what do you good peop...

prospero wrote:When you post something in a thread that you read in the same thread the day before.

When you start pointing out the shortcomings of others.

Watchit, mister

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". :lol: Doh, this quote was already posted....apologies, Andrew. Note to self...

New toilet rolls that you can't 'start' because they're so glued down. A local pub charging almost £6 a pint, when a Wetherspoons a couple of doors down charges £2.40 for the same beer. Drivers on opposite traffic lights still coming over when yours has gone green. Predictive taxt :wink: 'Golfers' w...