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Thought it would be interesting to see if others had developed simple hacks and methods to improve life using picture framing machinery.

A couple of very simple additions to my minigraf make me smile (simple pleasures….!). I now stick a piece of removable tape on the back edge of my underpinner fence rather than letting the glue build up and having to attack with a blade regularly. Quick and easy removal and replacement.
My minigraf has the clamp come down in increments which despite having various firmness of pads was leaving some mouldings crushed and dented and rebates broken. I have found a simple triangle of 5mm Perspex distributes the pressure load better and makes light work of those difficult to join moulding. The fact it’s see-through means you can still line up those mitres perfectly
What simple hacks do you do that others might not know about?

Clever.
I wish I'd thought of that when I used to spend an age hacking away the glue residue with a razor blade.

Good Idea!

I do a similar thing with the pressure pad which can get an accretion of glue and this can mark the corner. I used to
use clingfilm, but this can get trapped in the join. Masking tape works great. (I am a bit lavish with the glue).

I have my fences faced in white tape after a particularly sensitive finish on a moulding was marked from simply sliding the sticks into place. My panel cutter has a little red piece of insulation tape on the vertical bar which I remember at the time thinking was a genius idea. Sadly I now have no clue what it was for...

Great tips. I’m not sure if this is a hack as such but I discovered that the measure stop on my Morso was separating from the fence by about a millimetre when I pushed the moulding into it. I thought this could be a problem if sometimes I pushed the moulding tight causing it to separate and other times not which would result in unequal lengths (albeit only a mm or two potentially) To make sure the stop remains tight against the fence I now always use a small clamp as per photo. Might be of interest to some who have the same style of measure stop as mine.

Yep. The later machines have a slightly different slide design that allows you to clamp it closer to the end.

It's always worth checking for little bits that get trapped in the \ and can give a false reading.

Fitz, I swapped mine out with the updated one a while ago, which can be clamped close to the guage. Much better now. Underpinnerspares I think.

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Thank you. (Ignore above £ sign, don’t know what happened there)

P.S. Looking at mine this morning, I only replaced the bevelled sliding measure as it was really worn. I then simply removed the bolt in the clamp and move the clamp as close as I want to the bevel.

Mine is well nacked and has two of the original Morso clamps on it one at each end. The scale on my Morso under reads by by about ! millimeter, for some unknown reason.

I have a set of these on my Morso. I've never seen them on anyone else's machine or even heard mention of them
on my travels. I fitted them myself and are a gen Morso accessory. I had to drill the block to fit them but I think
later machines had pre-drilled holes. They keep the rebate supports at a set distance and work very well.

Anyone else have them?

I'm looking for a a pair of Morso auto rebate supports if anyone has a set?

prospero wrote: ↑Wed 14 Sep, 2022 10:27 am I have a set of these on my Morso. I've never seen them on anyone else's machine or even heard mention of them
on my travels. I fitted them myself and are a gen Morso accessory. I had to drill the block to fit them but I think
later machines had pre-drilled holes. They keep the rebate supports at a set distance and work very well.


Anyone else have them?

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Yeah, my machine came with auto rebate supports, for the longest time I thought they all had them.

Epoxy resin rare earth magnets to your machines, for a handy place to keep the spanners you use on that machine!

Genius! All over this already!