FRAME SHOP VIEWS
Main Work Room | Mat Cutting | Frame Cutting |
Frame Joining | Additiional
Our frame shop's size, equipment and attention to details make us the best choice for all your framing needs. Since we do all our own work, your project receives indvidual attention from caring professionals. Whether you need a single piece framed or hundreds, we meet tight deadlines without sacrificing quality.
Main Work Room
Our main work room is a large space capable of handling very small, delicate projects and large complex ones all at the same time. While this photo doesn't show the entire room, you can see that it's well organized. In fact, many of our framing industry friends tell us that we have the cleanest shop they have ever seen.
From start to finish we do our own work. Your project is always handled as if it were our own, with great care and respect for it's importance.
Mat Cutting
While we still use a manual mat cutter for some work, most of our mat designs are cut on the "Wizard", a computerized mat cutter. By using this technology, we're able to create (and repeat) simple and complicated mat layouts quickly, accurately and at a much lower cost than manual mat layouts.
Frame Cutting
The best cuts come from the right equipment. Our saws are manually operated to give us better control of cut speeds than pneumatic saws. The blades we use are 100 tooth, carbide steel to give us a precision cut each and every time. A large dust collector assures that our saw room stays as clean as our main work room.
Frame Joining
Joining a frame's rails can be accomplished by using a vise, drill and nails or using an "underpinner". While there are times that the vise and nail is needed, we prefer to use the underpinner. This machine drives a "v-shaped" metal wedge into the frame corner from underneath. The end result is a tight joint that does not leave the holes and marks in the side of each corner that a vise and nail joint does.