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Morso not required!

Posted: Thu 17 Jan, 2019 10:03 am
by David McCormack
Had a trip to the Manchester Art Gallery yesterday and saw an exhibition called 'Reframe'.
http://manchesterartgallery.org/exhibit ... n/reframe/

As usual the standard of framing wasn't much cop. The moulding was probably stored in a damp shed :Slap: Nice pictures though 8)
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Re: Morso not required!

Posted: Thu 17 Jan, 2019 10:09 am
by prospero
:D I thought of doing something like that using poly moulding. I didn't though. :lol:

Re: Morso not required!

Posted: Fri 01 Feb, 2019 9:31 am
by Jo
I had a frame that looked like the third one brought into me last year for re-framing. Poly moulding hanging above the fireplace, the customer had lit a candle on the mantelpiece underneath it....

Re: Morso not required!

Posted: Fri 01 Feb, 2019 1:07 pm
by prospero
I did once try to make an arch-top frame for a mirror using poly moulding. Heated the top rail and bent it on a former.
Worked up to a point. You really need a oven. :?

Re: Morso not required!

Posted: Fri 01 Feb, 2019 9:56 pm
by poliopete
Years ago, long before poly moulding, I too tried to make an arch-top frame. I spent hours making fine saw cuts in the moulding starting from the rebate and stopping halfway through the stick, the cuts spaced evenly along a 2' length. To make the wood more pliable I held the length over a boiling kettle hoping the steam would soften the wood, allowing the length to bend by closing the saw cuts. :D

The theory was sound enough :D but the whole exercise was a complete failure and a total waste of time :(

Re: Morso not required!

Posted: Sat 02 Feb, 2019 10:20 am
by prospero
When I started off I made an hexagonal frame with my trusty Nobex saw. 35 years later and I have never made another. :lol:

And I still have the frame. :roll: