On Aug 18, 2006, at 12:01 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: > I'll cut the inner hole in the mat to fit the image, but I'll also cut > the outer edge of the mat to fit a standard frame size because the > non-standard frames are either terribly expensive or I have to make > them > myself, including cutting the glass.
Cutting the glass is the best part :) Just make sure you spend the extra money on a decent cutter with an oil-filled handle, and never run it over the edge of the glass: start/finish a mm or two from the edge; use a raised straightedge (eg a frame offcut) to stop it. One of my fingers has a scar from when a cheap glass cutter ruined my cut. When I screwed up the newspaper for disposal, in a much more vigorous manner than usual (it was my last piece of glass so I wasn't in the greatest mood), and I didn't remember that there was still a decent-sized shard in it. I was lucky it didn't go into my palm... - Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
