10 inch x 144 inch gallery wrap

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That's right 12 feet. What's a fair price to gallery wrap this print? I figure it will tie up the shop more than normal. Just manuvering it around going to be a pain. I'm figuring/thinking 5-6 hundred.

framer
 
Will this job include printing or is it bars and wrapping customer supplied canvas.
 
Customers canvas... I may custom mill the strainers on a table saw unless I can get 13+footers sent to me.

framer
 
Painted or printed. Next question will be will there still be profit if it needs to be tightened up in a second round of stretching. Will you be using bars that are easily obtainable by supplier truck delivery or will they need to be shipped.
 
I know you are already on the very reasonable to low end of the spectrum depending on the specific canvas. One of my suppliers has bars that are exactly 12 footers that have a double raised lip so they can be turned up on their back for wraps.
 
I really think I will make them but if I buy them would need to be shipped. Printed canvas...

No price has been quoted yet.


framer
 
I always reserve a firm price until I have the canvas in hand but remember there aren't many framers out there than can do this job. If you've read the recent wavy canvas thread you are aware of some of the problems we have encountered in the recent past.
 
Barring difficulties with the canvas, we'd charge $260.00, and we could do it in a day. We stock stretcher stock in 12'4" lengths. We also have finger joint cutters for our shaper (1 1/4 spindle) so any reasonable length wouldn't be a problem.
 
Check out the Pro Bar from RichesonArt. Can be sectionalized for shipping, and is fully tensionable. Call and ask for Kim.
 
Warren Tucker said:
Barring difficulties with the canvas, we'd charge $260.00, and we could do it in a day. We stock stretcher stock in 12'4" lengths. We also have finger joint cutters for our shaper (1 1/4 spindle) so any reasonable length wouldn't be a problem.
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So... in other words, if you double or triple whatever price Warren quotes, you would be in the right range.:icon11:
 
Wally, please forgive me for being obtuse, but I have a question.
On that link for ProBar, it says that one metal corner is sufficient,
but two are better. Does this mean that each corner of the
stretcher frame needs two metal corners, which I can't figure out,
or that you only need two corners for the whole stretcher, and
the other two would be just wood? Thanks.
 
300

x was going to say around 300

opps Less
 
some glue and mending plates would due the trick, maybe a couple of dowels. You could also screw two center brace together. 5-6 hundred seems excessive for a print.

custom stretchers might be warranted for a painting.

thanks for making Less think about it
 
I would charge $500.
The fact that the canvas is so narrow, only 10", may cause some difficulty in achieving a good, even stretch.
 
shayla said:
Wally, please forgive me for being obtuse, but I have a question.
On that link for ProBar, it says that one metal corner is sufficient,
but two are better. Does this mean that each corner of the
stretcher frame needs two metal corners, which I can't figure out,
or that you only need two corners for the whole stretcher, and
the other two would be just wood? Thanks.
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It is easier to show than explain, but that never stopped me before...
There are grooves in the aluminum channel moulding for two "L" brackets in each corner. Similar to other metal corner hardware except there are no screws to keep the corner together (and the tensioning hardware doesn't do that either). You can use either one or two of the corner angles, though I see no reason not to use both that come supplied with the hardware package. This is a "per corner" instruction.

Building the stretcher in sections on larger items allows the piece to be removed from the stretcher, packed in a reasonable size container, and shipped easily. It is pretty much standard proceedure on modern oversized canvases.
 
Talked to Kim,

Very nice looking product with the metal. I got a quote of a pro bar custom sized that will save me a ton of work look professional and make the job managable. It also is keyed to adjust as it loosens.


Thanks

framer
 
That's great! We'll keep this in mind, too. :thumbsup:
 
Probarfessional

Bars are nice - and what if the customers says, wooaa.... too much with eyes popping out of their head?
 
UzZx32QU said:
Talked to Kim,

Very nice looking product with the metal. I got a quote of a pro bar custom sized that will save me a ton of work look professional and make the job managable. It also is keyed to adjust as it loosens.


Thanks

framer
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Does this new system keep the price within the range you mentioned or will you need to increase it?
 
We'd be in the $450 to $500 range as well, if we could do it. I don't stock bars that length, and I'm pretty sure my vendors don't supply it.

I say if we could do it because we found out just how wide our frame shop was once when my framer was trying to rotate a length of moulding around and managed to wedge it end to end between the walls.
 
shayla said:
Wally, please forgive me for being obtuse, but I have a question.
On that link for ProBar, it says that one metal corner is sufficient,
but two are better. Does this mean that each corner of the
stretcher frame needs two metal corners, which I can't figure out,
or that you only need two corners for the whole stretcher, and
the other two would be just wood? Thanks.
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Great question! We recommend using a total of 8 steel corners for bar frames over 6'. If you are using the Aluminum Pro Bar for a 30" x 40", placing single steel corners in the tracks is recommended. Your need the steel corners in all four corners. Many times customers purchase the ALP Assembly Kit (8 steel corners and 4 BEST Corner Keys) or they can be sold individually. I hope this helps clarify the issue. Any questions, please don't hesitate to call or email me.
 
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