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A lot of activities have certain ailments connected to them. Housemaids Knee, Tennis Elbow, Athletes Foot, etc. (Texters Thumb?)
The only one I have heard mention re framing is Framers Finger. Caused by bits of stranded wire when you are trying to knot it. Less common nowadys due to palstic covered stuff.
But just lately I have noticed that the sock on my right leg will not stay up. Switching them over makes no difference. So I must conclude that working a Morso for extended periods gives my right leg more exercise so it has got thinner and more wirey than the left one. Or maybe the left one, having to support my weight while the right is elevated has got thicker. Is this the first recorded case of Framers Leg?
Anyone else suffering any framing related niggles?
When I am doing hand finishes I tend to get paint all over the place. One day I was trying to paint a very narrow mouding with gilt varnish. It was hard to hold the frame still and I had to sort of pin it down with my fingertips. The result was I got a set of exquisitly gilded fingernails. I got some very strange looks from a lady customer who came into the shop before I could clean it off.
Bearing in mind al the potentially dangerous sharp implements in a framing workshop, not to mention wicked shards of broken glass, etc, I very rarely cut myself. But if I do it's usually mountboard dropouts. Mostly because you don't tend to perceive them as hazardous I suppose. Ever picked up a stack of them and let them slide through your hands? Nasty.
Mountcutters Slash?
btw. Spit. Never answer the phone while doing the ironing.
Once had a habit of seeing if the glue bottle was clogged by holding it to my cheek and squeeezing gently. Air on the face OK - no air, remove blockage.
Never used to keep it more than half full but one day a helpful framer filled it to the brim ......!
Scraped shin ......
Your foot is not on the Morso pedal properly and it springs back up via your shin.
Once had a habit of seeing if the glue bottle was clogged by holding it to my cheek and squeeezing gently. Air on the face OK - no air, remove blockage.
I do that. Never got an earful though.....
Being a mean git who hates wasting stuff, I never throw glue containers out when they still have a little bit left in the bottom and it takes too long to persuade it to come out. I chuck them in a corner thinking I might run out one day and be glad of that bit of glue... At the end of the year I hold a special ceremony of trying to extract the remaining glue into another near empty container by inverting them and letting gravity drain every drop. Takes a few days and is very boring to watch. . This year I got nearly a full medium size bottle. So that's a few quid saved.
btw. It's official. My left calf is 0.7" fatter than my right. Now I know why I have been walking in circles. I am going to submit an article to the Lancet forthwith.
Once had a habit of seeing if the glue bottle was clogged by holding it to my cheek and squeeezing gently. Air on the face OK - no air, remove blockage..
Top tip - our glue bottle was always getting clogged up and I now use a Heinz Tomato ketchup squeezy bottle which has the non-drip cap. It stands on it's cap, allows you to squeeze out exactly the amount you need and it never clogs up. Having removed the label when we washed it you can see exactly how full or empty it is at any time. The wide neck also makes it easy to refill.
Morso hip is probably what I suffer from most - the right one, closely followed by Bench back.
Rolf Lawson GCF “I am playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order.” Eric Morecambe
prospero wrote:btw. It's official. My left calf is 0.7" fatter than my right. Now I know why I have been walking in circles. I am going to submit an article to the Lancet forthwith.
I think we must have been separated at birth. I have one calf fatter than the other and I collect up the last inch from the bottom of the glue pot. After all you never know when it might come in handy.
Morso calf: The condition caused by operating a morso with one leg. Symptoms: One calf fatter than the other and walking round in circles. Cure: use the other leg until calves are equal in size.
my wife's developed mallet finger - apparently its damage to the tendon that attaches to the end of the finger - caused by pushing too hard with the finger tip.
She is now wearing a special splint to hold it in place - like all things attached to your fingers it gets in the way - she cuts around it when glass cutting - the tip just seems to protrude over the edge of the straight edge.
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Nasty.
I do that. Never got an earful though..... 
. This year I got nearly a full medium size bottle. So that's a few quid saved. 
