I have very happy clients
I'm sure you do, Mike, and my comments were not directed at you in particular.
Framers have customers who think we can do anything, and we start to believe that ourselves. We just can't stand to say, "No, I'm not qualified to do that, but I'll help you find someone who is."
Then we say that we don't think the customer will pay for the services of a conservator, but we are bewildered at the 90% of consumers who won't pay for the services of a custom framer. Do conservators ever say, "I don't think my customer will spring for custom framing of this piece I just restored, so I'm going to frame it for next-to-nothing, though I really don't know much about the actual mechanics of framing?"
Do they have a conservator's Grumble where they can ask what kind of glue to use for a wood frame?
Let's admit it - we're all crazy.