The Framers Forum

Hey Patrick, Estlite is perfectly adequate, in fact it does quite a lot and costs about £500 one-off payment. I moved over to Framiac after a couple of years though, which does a few more things and I find really easy to use. Imo I think the layout and look of a program is really important for some ...

Have you tried Peter at Framers Equipment in Northampton. They recondition Morsos.

Welcome to the Forum Christine!

R&H do a, stepped tray frame but I've found it difficult if the canvas isn't perfectly square. We've made them using a wide oak frame turned on its head with the rebate on the inside, then affix mdf from the back. The mdf is then painted.

"...on other forums.." was referring to Framers Only/framing.academy groups etc on facebook.

"Canvas doesn't breathe!" is a common exclamation on other forums. As I understand it, it is common practice in the US to back a canvas with a corrugated polyproplene board, but not common in the UK. Personally I like the idea but would take my lead from someone like Tudor Rose. I can say ...

HI James welcome to the forum. Jim has pretty much said it all but here's my 5p worth. Rose and Hollis - the best for barewoods, they specialise in it. Larson Juhl - imho higher end finishes than others and more expensive Lions- excellent for low mid and higher range finishes and excellent for sundr...

Agreed. We're a work from home studio business, so it's rare to lose out on a job once we have them in the door. If people ring up for a price, we don't usually hear from them again. I used to hate giving prices over the phone, but its proved to be a useful method to sort wheat from chaff!

I found it's a two man job! There have been some Ebay listings in the past for servicing them.

Good to know, thanks Fruitini.

With all of the talk of price increases over the last few years I thought it would be interesting to mention this. I have just had a return customer in from September 2019, wanting another photo framed to the same spec as the last. In three years the price has increased from £88 to £95 and includes ...

Apart from insta, Greg Perkins does posts on framing.academy and framers only which is always good brain good.

Ah you're right. I believe it was an insanely high rent increase that caused the shutdown. Plenty more contract framers around I'm sure.

For bulk frames, there are companies that supply "ready made" frames to the framing/retail industry that I would assume are a higher quality than Ikea/The Range. You could research contract picture framers too like artimaging.co.uk.

As far as I'm aware there are no entry level CMC's ("computerised Mount cutter"),unless you can find an old pneumatic machine. You could find a Gunnar F1 for £4K+ and an F1 hybrid for £5k+. With a few phone calls to your local framers, you could easily and quickly establish costs for your ...

Morso is still the standard, unless you're talking about a double saw which are £££. £200 sounds like a bargain as long as it hasn't been dropped on its head. Does it have the right scales for you, metric or imperial? Are you prepared to give it a full check over, clean up, adjust? All parts are ava...

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P.S. Looking at mine this morning, I only replaced the bevelled sliding measure as it was really worn. I then simply removed the bolt in the clamp and move the clamp as close as I want to the bevel.

Fitz, I swapped mine out with the updated one a while ago, which can be clamped close to the guage. Much better now. Underpinnerspares I think.

Another question is there a recommended internal diameter for a stapler airline??