Ashworth & Thompson

PICTURE FRAME MOULDINGS AND FRAMING SUPPLIES TO THE TRADE

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The U.K. and Ireland's foremost picture framing supplies company. We have been supplying Picture Framers and Galleries with all their picture framing requirements for over 70 years.

Based in Nottingham, Edinburgh and Belfast we are ideally placed for distribution throughout the U.K. and Ireland.
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To be released shortly.......THE NEW ULTIMAT FUTURA MATCUTTER FROM KEENCUT

Building on the unique versatility, advanced design and precision of the world leading Ultimat Gold, the new Futura takes manual matcutting to an ultra-high level.

The all-new cutting head featuring built-in self aligning ball bearing rollers operating on twin steel tracks delivers a sliding action that is smooth, precise and with no discernable friction under load. Maximum operator effort is transmitted to the blade to put the cutting of even 8ply mountboard within the capability of every framer.

The switchable magnetic blade holders make changing blades and holders for different depths of cut the simple, fast operation so necessary for the many different types of work that are processed in every busy framing workshop.

Consistent with that philosophy the integrated design of the Ultimat Gold with its clip-in base system for accessories and unique features including the matguide, squaring system, micro stops, lift and hold and self-clamping have never been equalled.

Starting with the best and improving on it was a logical step and the unique winning features of the Ultimat Gold have been retained for the Futura. The new high performance slideway and head system has been designed in response to the latest and future mountboard developments and will not only maintain but greatly increase the Keencut world leadership in manual matcutter design.

The good news for any current owner of the Ultimat Gold is that the Futura slideway, cutting head and stop system have been specifically designed to retro-fit the current model.

As with the Ultimat Gold models, the new Futura is available in 3 sizes:-

ULTIMAT FUTURA 100cm 1000 - 40" UF100
ULTIMAT FUTURA 120cm 1200 - 48" UF120
ULTIMAT FUTURA 150cm 1500 - 62" UF150

For details on our current Special Offer prices on these models, as well as prices to upgrade your Ultimat Gold cutting head to that of the new Futura, please call Phil Sheldon on (0115) 964 7507.

Our objective is to give customers the best possible quality and service; and we are pleased to offer a range of over 2000 picture frame mouldings from stock, manufactured by ourselves in the U.K. or imported from the best factories in Italy and Spain.

We also offer a complete range of mountboards from the U.K's top manufacturers and a complete A to Z of Framer's Materials and Equipment from Archival Tape to Z Clips to meet all your picture framing requirements.

Please use the navigational buttons on the left to browse our pages of Picture Frame Mouldings, Machinery and Sundries.

Our products and services include:

Finished Picture Frame Mouldings of our own manufacture and imported from leading manufacturers around the world.

Plain Wood Mouldings in Oak, Pine, Ramin, Obeche, Ash and Beech - either by the length or using our cut to size Chop Service.

Made to Order Hand Made Frames.

Swept Frames, Ovals and Circles.

Mountboard, Backing Boards and Sheet Materials.

Machinery and Equipment.

Ironmongery, Tapes and Sundry products.

ASHWORTH & THOMPSON LTD is a 'Trade Only' supplier with over 70 years experience in Picture Frames, Mouldings, Equipment and Sundries.