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This Glossary is only a sample of what all there is to picture framing. In the coming months we hope to have a more complete version running.
These items are listed for definitions only. We don't carry stock, or on sell them to customers on a regular basis. If you want anything you see here, try looking in your local yellow pages under picture framing wholesalers.
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quiet, accurate, clean, fast.
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Expensive, limited frame size.
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A air powered frame cutter, that forces 2 blades through the moulding instead of sawing it.
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Tough, sharp. |
Expensive, need constant sharpening. |
Guillotine blades are two symmetrical heavy blades that fit into a guillotine. |
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Flexible, cheap, strong.
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Fiddley, visible.
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A small D shaped metal fitting that is screwed into the back of a frame in order to hang. |
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Cheap.
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Inaccurate.
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A hand held tool with a rotating wheel that scores glass.
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Flexible. cheap, fast.
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Flimsy.
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Flexible metal points that are fired into frames to temporarily hold it together.
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Strong, durable, flexible.
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Ugly, flexible, frays.
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Braided cord made from Nylon that is used for hanging frames.
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Conserving.
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Expensive, weak, fiddley
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Specialised tape that is used for archival picture attachment
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Cheap, quality.
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Can unstick.
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Specific tape designed to seal the backs of frames.
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Flexible, strong.
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Fiddley, limited sizes.
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Tide shaped metal fittings to hold stretchers into frames.
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cheap, readily available.
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Weak, intrusive.
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Generic metal fittings that can be used to hang frames
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Flexible, strong.
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Exclusive, fiddley, frame limits.
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Specialised fittings designed to stop the loss of important pictures.
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Flexible, re-usable, strong.
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expensive
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Part of an instilled hanging system that holds the picture.
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Wide grip.
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Weak grip, unsuitable for hangers.
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Wide staples for fabric stretching and occasionally frame joining.
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Strong grip.
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Narrow piercing grip, unsuitable for canvas.
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Narrow staples used for hangers, assembly and strengthening frame corners.
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Cheap, usable fast.
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Limited frame size. unwanted flexibility.
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V shaped wedges that are fired into the back of frame corners to join.
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Reusable,flexible, cheap.
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very fiddley
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Long lasting fittings to facilitate the easy changing of pictures.
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