Originally posted by Kburke:
I am sorry if I gave the impression that I was trying to cut corners and get into something that I shouldn't be in. Not at all the impression I got, Kevin, I was just trying to give you a heads up on some of the reactions that have been printed in the past when people come on here looking for help with a hobby.
............ I am just looking for molding, I'll pay retail. And that's where Dick Blick and Art Mart come in handy, they do sell to anyone at retail. There is also a catalog sales company, whose name eludes me now, who sells ready-mades in both metal and wood in most of the standard sizes. It is a family owned company and they have a really nicely put together catalog, maybe somebody else will come up with the name.
........... I even went into Michal's and Hobby Lobby ......They thought I was an alien from another planet. Yeah, they both have ground rules that their employees have to follow. I don't know what Michaels has to offer in custom moulding but HL only had a few hundred samples. (And it seems like when a profile IS popular or sells well, they take it off the display!!)
I've searched the net and still couldn't turn up any decent catalogues of available molding I found
this site on a Google search, maybe it will help.
............. Sorry for any confusion. No confusion here. I know where you are right now, I was there back in the late 80's, I became burned out with the political BS that was going on in the education field and started building frames as a stress reliever!
........... Honestly, I don't ever forsee myself opening up a shop. I just enjoy staying busy doing something that I truely enjoy doing...and helping friends/family get those prints framed that have been hiding out under beds for the last 5 years. I don't even make any money for my time. What I charge them covers the materials and a saw blade here and there. Yeah, those were my feelings too back then. But, once the bug bites you, it's very hard to just walk away and pick up a golf club or a fishing rod and completely forget framing! Some never go beyond the hobby stage but, for many, custom framing has become their second career.
Good luck.
FGII