The Framers Forum

Hi again all Am I missing something somewhere here . Because at £54 to £55 for this frame seemms like pie in the sky to me . As does £40 per hour lab charge. We charge £20 per hour and feel very lucky to get it. Ah just realised Im the MUPPET whos customers keep their hands tight on their purse str...

ok- heres another one. I imagine being deepest Cornwall, I'd be similar to any other rural market town framer with retail premises, although it still came as quite a surprise, seeing as we have had two 20% price rises in twelve months how close everyone's "going rate" for that job is. rang...

dang. too late to cancel. word of mouth it is, then. I might be behind the times here, but dont you get a free YP lineage listing if you have a business line? Mostly the YP for the benefit of existing customers or people who know us and want the number -we all to often hear "i couldn't find you...

You fell for that one as well John. I thought it was only me! I think it says it all that the following year they dont come back and ask you if you want to advertise again. we did the same three years ago in the local Tescos. we'd just re-located, and thought it wouldn't do any harm. Dont think we e...

Hi John, isn't everyone a Python fan? ;) "rich and interesting" thats a euphamism for "i can see you only meant to have a one page site and now its run away with itself" or "how tired were you when you did that page?" lol. yes, unfortunately the budget doesn't run to pr...

Customer walks into our shop, "I left a picture here 18 months ago for framing" Gets the answer "It'll be ready in ten minutes" True story. Happens more than you'd think. no we hadn't forotten it. we just thought he wouldn't come back, and we were sort of right. But how long does...

(note to moderator move this post if applicable- thanks!) Im just about to get a second computer for the shop, so that the long suffering Mrs P can get the benefits of Estlite. I have one problem of integrating estlite into the whole scenario- I would like an online price calculator for my website,...

Im selling an underpinner (GWO), keencut support arms, and one of those 3 step oval mount cutting gadgets from logan if anyone is interested on ebay UK. Nothing wrong with any of it, new workbench forces sale due to lack of space and its all backup stuff we never use, and so in the condition you'd e...

that stuff is very good for emafyl (plastic) which the wet-it type tapes wont stick to, but the kraft tape is good for everything else -you'll notice it at the end of the year, too. your tape bill will be about a quarter of what it is now

thanks! there are some really nice prints on there.

I'd forgotten all about Buccaneer! I think we might have dealt with them years ago until the rep vanished, like the ones for the westcountry do (to paraphrase league of gentlemen -we didn't burn him ;) ) Theres a nice one on there, thats looking a distinct possibility with the race day ticket. Cheer...

Im looking for a special print for a friend, whose wife is a big Senna fan. Something "special" 20x24, 20x16 ish, signed limited edition, got to be good quality and frameable. £20 to £100 trade price in mind. Any ideas, links? anyone got something in stock? email photo appreciated picturef...

hope its not to late to add my two-penn'rth- all the above advice is sensible and It all depends where you are aiming to be (turnover-wise) in the future. imho (and i stress the imho bit) I would not bite the VAT bulllet until you have to. But here's my story of strife and woe vat and accountants......

we use west cornwall saw services who collect in many areas of the westcountry weekly, for your area you might try Venton Enterprises, (w devon) as they have a van service to dorset. I believe they recently changed the contractor who used to do their blades for them. They may even have the proper mo...

will do! we are in penzance btw.

thanks for the replies. yes the correx/coruplast is the same stuff. I have a vinyl sign cutting machine for in-shop use, thats how I stumbled upon using it for frames. It looks like a better price in the US! I find it pretty economical, as it doubles up as pretty good rigid packing material for post...

we use an alfamacchine and framer PF underpinners. We've got hard wood wedges, but I dont think anyone has opened a box for about three years. Standards seem to do the job in everything, even stacking 3-up in ash with the italian machine. come to think of it, everything seems to get done with 10mm s...

Better than last Christmas. the customers seemed ridiculously organised this year with hardly any lasty minute rush jobs.... apart from one for 11 frames 45 minutes before we shut.
he got them

Thanks Alan, i guess its in good enough shape to sell on as it is. after all its still working properly, just looking a bit leary in red hammerite and with all the replacement parts over the years, various nuts and bolts and knobs- its a 1974 model after all! We toyed with the idea of one of the pne...

just out of interest, re the morso cutter, did you send it off, or did you get a workshop visit?
im on the edge of buying another, pneumatic or electric, (think I've done my hip in after 15 years of cutting ash on this one lol) and wondering whether to refurbish the old one before selling on.