Framing kit

[CS Bespoke Furniture]

Hi everyone.

What would people recommend for a picture framing kit. I've tried the cheap £15 charwood one and really don't like it very much(was a present). I've seen the more expensive charwood one(pk04?) but I'm not sure about it as I don't like the cheap one. Don't really want to spend much more than £70.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thank you
Chris

 

[mbartlett99]

Think you'll be very lucky as even low grade framing equipment is expensive. What bits do you require precisely?

 

[ColeyS1]

Have you got many frames to make ? Do you have a pillar drill ?

Coley

 

[CS Bespoke Furniture]

Not got many to make yet. But I'd like to make more in the future. No pillar drill as of yet. Still building up my tools

 

[ColeyS1]

Are you looking to make more than one a day ? Only reason I ask,is I tend to leave a band clamp on whilst pushing a v nail in using a pillar drill. I've never been brave enough to remove the band clamp when the glues still wet (even though it's v nailed) If you want to do bulk production someone else might have a more efficient method. This works, just I limit it to one a day for my own frames.
I've actually got a couple I need to make for my niece.

Coley

 

[CS Bespoke Furniture]

Probably wouldn't be doing near that much. But I do have a mortice machine that I could probably use. I'll give it a go tomorrow. Thanks for the idea!

 

[ColeyS1]

I use a thing like this (pushmaster) mounted in a pillar drill. It makes pushing the nails in easy peasy cause it forces it in nice and square. I'm not sure how you'd adapt a morticer to do it, although if you could I'm sure the pushing action would be superb. Have fun

Coley

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