Easy positioning
Easy positioning
Is it a multi aperture mount?
Nope! It's a 5mm foam board template cut to half a millimetre accuracy on the CMC to position these block mounted photos.
Nope! It's a 5mm foam board template cut to half a millimetre accuracy on the CMC to position these block mounted photos.
Re: Easy positioning
Driftwood frame mitred on its side and capped with the same moulding - clamped for nice tight fit.
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Re: Easy positioning
what moulding is that, John?
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http://www.arqadia.co.uk/productdetails ... =790111000
Comes in a wider profile too, which is handy for a deeper box.
Comes in a wider profile too, which is handy for a deeper box.
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What a very good idea. As ever.
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Used up a fair few skinny foam board offcuts on the spacers, finished with same colour as mounting board (alphamat artcare 'dusk grey')
All Done.
All Done.
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Excellent!
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Nice job did you do the blockmounting John, or did the customer bring them in like that
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Re: Easy positioning
Love it! Great idea!
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Re: Easy positioning
Ha! - I thought no-one was going to ask, would be the first thing I'd ask.........A Curious framer wrote:How did you mount them?
They're on blocks of 25mm MDF with a hole top centre - I could easily mount them with a melinex wrap; pros and cons were discussed - nope, they're mat and glossy is out, especially with AR glass (which isn't too apparent in the photos) I thought about embossing the shapes on the back of the mounting board and placing screws inside those shapes - that would be a bit of grief face-down but do-able, but what would cause more "damage", 4 holes or 4 blobs of wood glue?
Wood glue it was, the actual 'artwork' is already stuck to MDF anyway.
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How did you make those spacers? It looks like you mitre cut them, but then the mount board on top overlaps?
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They're 90 degree cut on the CMC, foam board and the final strips of mount board.
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Nice work robo, nice work indeed.
I use a very cheap mount board to cut templates when I have multi images to float mount.
It's a super way to save time.
CMC always comes in handy for things you didn't even think of when purchasing. Like cutting strips for box frames. Always to the correct size everytime & while their cutting I can have a sip of tea.
I use a very cheap mount board to cut templates when I have multi images to float mount.
It's a super way to save time.
CMC always comes in handy for things you didn't even think of when purchasing. Like cutting strips for box frames. Always to the correct size everytime & while their cutting I can have a sip of tea.
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Did you just make up a quote? Someone call the quote policeA Curious framer wrote:How did you mount them?
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I use the CMC for many things that I didn't think of when purchasing, especially accurate positioning and that could be with a template like this which is from scrap (and even after being used for this it was used for spacers) or embossing/scoring.
I also use it, every time, to emboss (de-boss, whatever) washlines. I set it so as you can hardly see the lines and then mark the corners ever so lightly with a 4H pencil and then carry on as normal. But it's not normal, it's 100% accurate.
Also use it to cut melinex if I want accuracy or any shape that I can create with my limited software/tech capability, by putting the melinex under a scrap of mount board and increasing the blade depth a fraction.
I also use it, every time, to emboss (de-boss, whatever) washlines. I set it so as you can hardly see the lines and then mark the corners ever so lightly with a 4H pencil and then carry on as normal. But it's not normal, it's 100% accurate.
Also use it to cut melinex if I want accuracy or any shape that I can create with my limited software/tech capability, by putting the melinex under a scrap of mount board and increasing the blade depth a fraction.