Large mount cut

[pramsay13]

I'm needing 2 large mounts cut, approx 1.5m x 1.5m with a 150mm border.
Can anyone help?

[prospero]

Think that's a bit beyond the pale. I don't know of a source of board that size. Not in one piece anyway.

Even making one from flat wood with mitred corners would be a challenge.

What's the nature of the item to be framed?

[iantheframer]

http://www.johnpurcell.net/herimusMT.html

check ref HEMW5

[pramsay13]

Thanks Ian, I'll see if they can do other sizes.
I've got a quote from John Jones, they can do them that size

[iantheframer]

JPP are a supplier only, useful to know of for boards and papers, but they do not cut mounts

[pramsay13]

Just checked that quote from JJ, and it's over £300 for one mount that size (not including delivery)
I think they misread my request for a white mount and have quoted for it in solid gold.

[Graysalchemy]

That would be about right for John Johns.

[Framemaker Richard]

Did you find anyone else who can do it?

You could get the mountboard from John Purcell Paper and cut it by hand. I have cut oversize mounts with a Keencut straight edge and hand held cutter with no problems, they looked like they were done on a mountcutter, although it was 1500 micron and not 2200... which I would not be so keen on cutting.

I wonder how much the 162cm x 218cm board costs? its got to be around £90 a sheet. Mark-up, add some labour, and £300 is not crazy expensive if you ask me. It's not as if you can get it done at your local framer

[prospero]

Yeah. Too big for any manual cutter or a CMC (unless someone knows different in which case I will stand corrected).

Cutting with a straightedge/handheld cutter while simple enough is fraught with peril. Sooner or later you are going to knacker a £90 sheet (or two...) so that price for the finished article isn't quite as exorbitant as it might seem.

As my old gaffer used to say: "Things always look easy when someone else is doing them".

[Graysalchemy]

I think you would find one of the large CMC cutters that sign makers use would cut it.

[markw]

Valiani CMCs with Vstudio software can cut oversize mounts - in several pieces that are then joined. Ive never used the function but it looks pratical. The join is bevelled to create as clean a join as possible - would cost less than £300.

[markw]

Valiani cmc would cut the large mount as four pieces.
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[IFGL]

I have used that feature a few times, it works fine especially with textured mount card.