Framing equipment
Posted: Wed 16 Dec, 2020 9:03 am
Hi guys,
This is my first thread after my "Hello!" in the introductions section so as a beginner in my framing journey, I'd like to start from the top... Equipment.
OK... not the VERY top, but somewhere in that region...
As I mentioned in my introductory post, I believe it's important to start asking the relevant questions right at the beginning, so I know where I'm heading with regards to gaining knowledge of a particular subject.
I'd like to know what equipment you would say is crucial to your framing activities and what you would consider - in your opinion - the "gold standard" of equipment in that particular category.
Before we get into it, I'd just like to share that I've been interested in framing now for a while, but I'd mostly been learning "on the job" and only come across this forum very recently. I'm very much an amateur/beginner/novice framer, but somewhat of an intermediate (albeit hobbyist) woodworker/Joiner. I make all of my mouldings from scratch from rough sawn hardwood lumber and so I'm probably starting from step or two behind those who buy in their mouldings. So up the this point, my machinery/equipment will differ to others.
I use a 96Tooth Freud saw blade in my table saw on a home made jig which has a sliding stop block and a scale (made from an aluminium ruler) to cut my mitres.
I use a home made jig on my table saw to cut my spline recesses which I use a FTG (flat tooth ground) blade of 3,4 or 5mm depending on what aesthetics I'm going for.
I use my table saw for acrylic glazing or a cheap wheel blade glass cutter for the glass.
And I cut my mounts with a Logan mount cutter with a Logan sliding ruler thing.
What I'd really like to know is what equipment you'd write next to the following. All in your own opinion of course.
Gold being professional standard, something that you'd be happy to spend the rest of your framing career using.
Silver being intermediate, something that you could "get by" in your framing career using.
Bronze being what you would be able to get your framing career started with.
Please feel free to copy and paste this in your reply if you'd like, adding the type of equipment you'd put in each category. Also, feel free to add any categories I might have missed due to my inexperience.
Mitre cutting
Gold -
Silver -
Bronze -
Underpinning
Gold -
Silver -
Bronze -
Mount cutting
Gold -
Silver -
Bronze -
Glass cutting
Gold -
Silver -
Bronze -
Cheers,
Tom
This is my first thread after my "Hello!" in the introductions section so as a beginner in my framing journey, I'd like to start from the top... Equipment.
OK... not the VERY top, but somewhere in that region...
As I mentioned in my introductory post, I believe it's important to start asking the relevant questions right at the beginning, so I know where I'm heading with regards to gaining knowledge of a particular subject.
I'd like to know what equipment you would say is crucial to your framing activities and what you would consider - in your opinion - the "gold standard" of equipment in that particular category.
Before we get into it, I'd just like to share that I've been interested in framing now for a while, but I'd mostly been learning "on the job" and only come across this forum very recently. I'm very much an amateur/beginner/novice framer, but somewhat of an intermediate (albeit hobbyist) woodworker/Joiner. I make all of my mouldings from scratch from rough sawn hardwood lumber and so I'm probably starting from step or two behind those who buy in their mouldings. So up the this point, my machinery/equipment will differ to others.
I use a 96Tooth Freud saw blade in my table saw on a home made jig which has a sliding stop block and a scale (made from an aluminium ruler) to cut my mitres.
I use a home made jig on my table saw to cut my spline recesses which I use a FTG (flat tooth ground) blade of 3,4 or 5mm depending on what aesthetics I'm going for.
I use my table saw for acrylic glazing or a cheap wheel blade glass cutter for the glass.
And I cut my mounts with a Logan mount cutter with a Logan sliding ruler thing.
What I'd really like to know is what equipment you'd write next to the following. All in your own opinion of course.
Gold being professional standard, something that you'd be happy to spend the rest of your framing career using.
Silver being intermediate, something that you could "get by" in your framing career using.
Bronze being what you would be able to get your framing career started with.
Please feel free to copy and paste this in your reply if you'd like, adding the type of equipment you'd put in each category. Also, feel free to add any categories I might have missed due to my inexperience.
Mitre cutting
Gold -
Silver -
Bronze -
Underpinning
Gold -
Silver -
Bronze -
Mount cutting
Gold -
Silver -
Bronze -
Glass cutting
Gold -
Silver -
Bronze -
Cheers,
Tom