Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/09/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sep 21, 2014, at 11:15 PM, Chris Crawford wrote: > http://www.americanframe.com > > I just buy frames from them, since I cut my own mats. They custom-cut > Neilsen frames and they're very reasonably priced. Cheaper than many > premade frames, but a lot better quality. They cut mats too. > > I have never tried American Frame's mats, but in my experience going to > rather high-priced frame shops, they all do shit work at high prices. Get > a mat cutter, and cut your own. I use a Logan 700SGM, which I bought > nearly 20 years ago and have cut thousands of mats with. Best $200 I ever > spent! The current model is the 750-1: > > http://www.dickblick.com/products/logan-750-1-and-760-1-simplex-elite-mat-c > utters/ > > The price has not gone up much in all those years! Don't buy a cheap mat > cutter, it will frustrate the hell out of you. Archival mat board is > expensive, you don't want to ruin any of it...and the Logan cutter I use > is nearly foolproof. > > I have a tutorial on matting and framing on my tutorial site: > http://crawfordphotoschool.com/framing/index.php also <http://www.lightimpressionsdirect.com/mat-boards/> Regards, George Lottermoser http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist