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Not much chance of that happening. I'm 6'6" tall and come in at a very healthy 15 stone.

I was up near 19 stone last summer, I've lost 4 stone in the past year.

I'll post up another money making idea tomorrow. Got loads of them here to choose from. No competition to me, plenty of room for them to go around without fear of saturation.

Got a beauty here which used to earn me before I sold the business, £240 per hour net after all expenses. That's about $386 per hour in your money.

If someone started this off in North America, I know in this recession especially, they could make an absolute killing.

More ideas to follow tomorrow.

Best,


Mark Andrews

Mr Taylor, what a pleasure to see you again, how the hec have you been lately?

Funny you should mention this little idea, have you been looking at my LinkedIn profile page? If so, you would see that I make mention of running my own picture framing business and art gallery back in my 20's. And this idea of yours...

...it's one of the oldest ideas in the book, common amongst many picture framers believe it or not.

I used to actually do this myself just as you described. You buy a book, for example...

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And using a Stanley knife carefully take out all of the best full page illustrations. Birds of prey were always good sellers, a little tip there for you guys.

Now, I used to order my Pilkington float glass 4'x3' from Venton Enterprises in Devon, England who did a weekly delivery down our way every wednesday afternoon. They carried a full range of picture framing mouldings, glass, MDF 2mm backing board and mounting board choices than you could shake a stick at, including all ancillary equipment needed.

Obviously to cut the moulding I used a Morso...



...which I've still got to this day in the garage, along with a Charnwood underpinner for putting the 45 degree cut moulding together at each corner.

This is a bog standard but very reliable Charnwood underpinner...



Which is also still in the garage. This ^ basically shoots a 45 degree wedged shape pin underneath the moulding which you want to join together.

A 4'x3' sheet of Pilkington float glass sheet (2mm) used to cost £4 +VAT a sheet, so I used to order about 25 sheets at a time.

MDF backing board, smooth both sides, 4'x3' (2mm) £2 a sheet.

Mounting board, plain white, 4'x3' about £1.30 a sheet.

First take the pictures out which you want to frame. Next cut out your mounts with a 45 degree aperture on the edges. For this you'll need a mount cutter, yes I've still got mine lol, here you go; similar to this one...




Remember to make the aperture slightly smaller than the picture size, 3mm is good around the 4 edges. Simply masking tape it to the back of the mount card making sure it is perfectly level (top edge of the picture only.)

Next you'll need to cut the glass. Do not skimp on cost buying a cheap glass cutter, you'll need one which contains an oil reservoir for perfect glass cutting and buying a good one, it'll last for years...

This is identical to the one I've got here, it's a Toya glass cutter with a tungsten carbide tip...



Now, you'll need to make sure the cut glass size fits securely and very neatly inside the back of your picture frame. It will need to be an exact fit. Once you score the glass on your 4'x3' glass sheet, simply hold it with both hands upright and crack it firmly but not too strongly across your knee cap. Works every time believe you me! You only need to score it one side only.

Then put this smaller cut sheet inside the back of your frame and using a gold pen or a thin black marker pen measure the size of the next cut. Rinse and repeat the above. It should now fit precisely in your picture frame.

Obviously do the same cutting for both your mount card and your backing board using the Stanley knife. You've now got a picture frame ready to be put together.

Clean the glass with a duster using Nilglass on the inside. Hold the mount in, turn it over to face you and make absolutely sure there are no specks of dust showing on the mount.

Assuming all is good, pop the backing board in and seal it with a triangle gun, works like a stapler. Mask the edges of the backing board. Put in your screw eyes and your string between them using a non slip left over right, right over left, knot.

You now have a completed picture in a frame ready to be sold.

Me? I can on average make around 8 frames from beginning to end in an hour.

Total cost of materials approximately £10.00 - whack the framed pictures into a general household auction and they should sell for between £15-20 each.

Of course to save costs, you could always buy in bulk ready made frames which will significantly speed up the process too.

Another good line of books... Anything by Kate Greenaway, Peter Rabbit books / illustrations - mothers love them for their new born babies bedrooms.

Cost if making yourself about £2.50 per picture frame. Will sell happily all day long on eBay for £8-10 each.

I guess I'm just a man of many talents John.

Top of the day to you Sir.

Best regards,


Mark Andrews

PS More ideas to come later including the one I mentioned above about how to earn £240 per hour net after all expenses. Dead simple idea, can be set up with little to no capital in less than a week. I know this, I've done it myself.