Daniel OB p h o t o g r a p h e r Eventhou just every our photograph is unique, it is not finished until it is hang on the wall Framing is a very last step in our photography work. Our unique framing manfacturing process just shows how far our skill can reach. It is comparable to the most demanding technology today, it consists of 14 (basic) steps, combined by skilled manual work, chock-wave stress in joints, and computer design using Catia-airspace-software to shape moulding and to check deformations and stresses in frame joints. These frames are initially made just for our photographs and for highest demand from art museums. In coarse of the time, on our customers demand, we expanded our frame work to multi level and made them accesible to just anyone interested to own them. No mass-production, no import from unknown manufacturers from China, our frames are made from 100% one-piece solid-wood, dried to 6-8% moisture. No cardboards, no masking tape, no cheap mat board. This ensures your satisfaction for a long time and our reputation as the best photographers and frame maker. All is made-in-Canada only. --------------------- Our mouldings covers all styles in even most demanding photography and digital imaging. Some frames, as a special order, we make from Honduras Mahogany Fourtheen basic manufacturing steps are in production of our museum quality frames 01. Designing the moulding 02. Cutting blade selecting for splinter-free moulding cut 03. Inserting positioning pins 04. Joining mouldings with extra strong, acid-free, and high-foam pure urethane glue 05. Clamping the frame for 24 hours 06. Inserting V-nails by impact force (by our special designed tool) 07. Checking the frame strength 08. Appling special protecting oil at the back of the frame 09. Milling the groove for hanger 10. Frame craft inspection 11. Custom cutting, Archival, Acid-Free, 4-ply, Bainbridge made, front and back mat. 12. Fixing the picture into the mat 13. Fixing the glass and mat into the frame 14. Adding a special screw for picture hinging (made from brass) Samples of some manufacturing steps in producing our photography frames Selecting wood, Clear Pine (north Canadian), Oak, or Mohagony, its grain direction and density, and the wood drying to 6 to 8% internal moisture, is the very first step in our manufacturing. Right after wood drying it is precutt to approximate dimensions, to prevent twisting. Wood is planned with veritas hand planers which produces stressless and smooth surface of our future mouldings. Using hand router we make in our mouldings a groove for mat, photograph and glass, with special notches whose purpose just we know. Using a special miter saw and a blade we cut our mouldings to final dimensions with extremely low tolerances. Inserting v-nails is just one step in joining the mouldings into the frame. To avoid residual stresses in the frame, which is result of classical way of joining, we use impact force that will drive the v-nail into exact pre-defined depth. Even and hinging our frame is unique. No screw, nails, or any dangerous harware that can deform or split the frame or even to collapse it at any moment. Our hinger is just a part of the wood frame itself, and strong as the whole frame is. Simple, all of our frames must pass the most rigorous tests before it is handed to customer. Even our frames are made by hand, computer technology is used to optimize mouding shape for twisting or bending, and at the same time to satisfy aesthetic requirement of our customers.