Canvas framing what type is this?

[Impact Color]

I’ve been trying to produce some canvas prints with the frames. I checked online and found several resources for stretcher bar frames. These are the ones that have the groove premade and uou just slide them in. The “challenge” is that they’re a little “expensive”. I got a frame off another canvas that doesn’t have the grooves and it appears they just staple them but I’m not sure what they’re called. I’m attaching some pictures does anyone know what these are called or where I can get them for a good price?

 

[sbergman]

I am in the picture framing industry. We buy thousands of feet at a time and cut and join them ourselves. We just call them stretcher bars. Let me know....
1) where you're located
2) how many you need
3) size
4) width of stretcher bars

If you can cut and join them yourself you can buy the moulding direct from any of the following:
Decormoulding.com

Delta Picture Frame Company Products

Since its opening in 1973, Delta Picture Frame Company has worked continuously to provide the picture framing industry with quality molding products as an importer & distributor.

deltapictureframe.com

Omega moulding.com
Larsonjuhl.com

Some of the above might even cut and join for you.

 

[sbergman]

Just noticed you are in LA. Try http://universalarquati.com/

 

[Impact Color]

I am in the picture framing industry. We buy thousands of feet at a time and cut and join them ourselves. We just call them stretcher bars. Let me know....
1) where you're located
2) how many you need
3) size
4) width of stretcher bars

If you can cut and join them yourself you can buy the moulding direct from any of the following:
Decormoulding.com

Delta Picture Frame Company Products

Since its opening in 1973, Delta Picture Frame Company has worked continuously to provide the picture framing industry with quality molding products as an importer & distributor.

deltapictureframe.com

Omega moulding.com
Larsonjuhl.com

Some of the above might even cut and join for you.

Thanks for the response! Size different ones but deep I’d like 1.5 inches. I’m in Los Ángeles. Quantities would vary.

 

[Impact Color]

I am in the picture framing industry. We buy thousands of feet at a time and cut and join them ourselves. We just call them stretcher bars. Let me know....
1) where you're located
2) how many you need
3) size
4) width of stretcher bars

If you can cut and join them yourself you can buy the moulding direct from any of the following:
Decormoulding.com

Delta Picture Frame Company Products

Since its opening in 1973, Delta Picture Frame Company has worked continuously to provide the picture framing industry with quality molding products as an importer & distributor.

deltapictureframe.com

Omega moulding.com
Larsonjuhl.com

Some of the above might even cut and join for you.

What material would you recommend I look into?

 

[iPrintStuff]

We buy in the ones with the pre made groove. As far as materials go they’re very cheap and save loads of time.

But if you’re really trying to squeeze every dollar try any woodwork shop nearby. Should be a fairly straightforward job for them.

 

[bob]

As far as I know, stretcher bars are always wood.

Not necessarily. IThe best stretcher bars I've used, and continue to use, are made from PVC brick mold available at any building materials store. The PVC is not only cheaper than wood, it's dead straight. Cut the pieces with a miter, put a bit of PVC cement on the edges to be joined, and staple the joints both front and back. I relieve the corners with a few strokes of a rasp. Not as light as wood but strong and straight. For larger frames, cross bracing is made from the same material. Just trim off the decorative part with a table saw yielding ~1"x2" sticks of PVC.

I've been doing this for quite a while and this is by far the best, and possibly cheapest, way to create a 1.25" deep and 2" wide frame that is as close to perfectly straight yet discovered.

 

[Impact Color]

We buy in the ones with the pre made groove. As far as materials go they’re very cheap and save loads of time.

But if you’re really trying to squeeze every dollar try any woodwork shop nearby. Should be a fairly straightforward job for them.

Where do you recommend for stretcher bars?

 

[DeadDoc]

We buy from stretcherbarwarehouse.com. There is probably better quality elsewhere. I occasionally feel the need to throw a bar or two away some days.

 

[MrSherlock]

Have you tried using a digital frame for your prints?

 

[MrSherlock]

I’ve been down that road with canvas prints too! I understand the struggle with the pricier stretcher bar frames.

It’s a bummer when you find the perfect frame but then see the cost. For the frame you got with no grooves, it sounds like they might be called "plain stretcher bars," where you stretch and staple the canvas yourself.

I’ve had similar experiences with custom framing, but I found a great deal on some affordable options at my local art supply store.