metal frame allowance??

[froptop]

Is frame allowance already there or not???

Lets say you go to your local BB and buy a package of 8" rails and a package of 10" rails, for, what else, an 8x10 frame. Should the glass be 8x10, or actually 7 7/8 x 9 7/8?

I'm not being a traitor, honest. I'm donating my time framing peices for a fund raiser, and the artists are purchasing their own supplies.

Thank you...

 

[Emibub]

The allowance should be built in to the ready sizes Froptop. So, you should cut your glass 8x10. But measure a rail first to confirm that fact.........

 

[Puppyraiser]

I'd cut them a 1/16" less, just to be sure...

 

[John Richards]

If they are Nielsen kits the allowance is there. You could have pushed an OEM metal and probably got the sale on the frames too!

 

[wcox]

If you have the frames, measure them. If you don't have the frames, I would not cut the glass until you have the frames.

 

[Greg Fremstad]

When we did the survey for FACTS on the "Allowance Standard" we fould that a great many of chop houses used 1/16 allowance on ALL metal frames - some used 1/16 allowance on metal frames smaller than 16x20 but most used 1/8 inch allowance.
My guess is that your 8x10 glass will fit just fine in an 8x10 kit frame.
If you are going to add spacers - either the good stuff or the peel and stick stuff - you had better get a handle on the allowance early in the game.