Logan F400-1 Professional Framing Fitting Tool

Don B: I've only tried this tool for installing the Logan F400-1 Framing Inserts, and it works great.

Canada on Oct 30, 2022

prisma: es un buen producto y muy eficaz, lo recomiendo

Mexico on Aug 19, 2022

David Johnson: The tool feels sturdy enough. Mine came with a a small bag of flat nails. It is easy to use but I have not figure out how to make the nail tight to the matt. It leaves the frame and contents a little 'sloppy'. Maybe there is a way to use it better.

United States on Mar 30, 2022

A Tackett: Easy to attach to frame and pull. My only complaint is that it doesn’t drive the points in deep enough. If you have to bend a point up to adjust anything it just falls right out. It would be perfect if it had an adjustment for driving depth. I will just have to make sure I don’t need to adjust anything before applying the dust cover.

United States on Oct 29, 2021

RonieRonie: I really like it’s functionality. Very simple and easy to use even without looking to the user’s manual. This is for the hobbyist who seldomly doing framing and also for those delicate artworks that can be damaged by the tacker version. The only thing I noticed is a slight damage to its box maybe due to shipping. The manufacturer must put some sort of cushioning inside the box to avoid damage on the packaging and possibly on the tool itself. Overall the tool is great!

Singapore on May 22, 2021

Lyne Rose: La description du produit est bonne mais il ne remplit pas ses fonctions.
Difficultés importantes pour mettre les poinçons dans la feuillure du cadre. Ils se tordent avant de pouvoir les insérer.
Je suis très déçue. R.A

France on May 12, 2021

merlin66: I have been making frames for more than 40 years so I have a lot of experience with various ways to hold in the backing materials(s). For years I have used glazing points (the kind with the little right angle "wings" that make them easy to insert) and a stiff putty knife. That way you have lots of control. If you drive those points so that the wings are almost flush to the inside of the frame, you get a consistent penetration and should you need to remove one, they are very easy to remove with the same putty knife.

I have yet to find a "tool" that gave me the results I wanted and this one is no exception. The quality is marginal but, in fairness, the tool is not that expensive. It does the job but suffers from several problems:
1) you have little control over how deep into the tool the the "point" sits (I think it is unnecessarily deep). You can bandaid the situation in a variety of ways, but the design is just not very good.
2) you can not get the point truly parallel to the backing material as it is driven into the frame material; the result is that you tend to crush the edge of the backing material. Not sure if this is a significant...

United States on Jul 27, 2015

Stephany Madsen: Sturdy and very easy to use--even for someone with arthritis in their hands. Do read and follow the instructions and it may take a couple of tries to get the hang of how it works. This is an especially good framing tool for framing pastel paintings where no hammering or jarring motions are acceptable. This tool can be used gently, where a gun-like tool would cause pastel dust to fall onto the glass. I used the rigid points and found them quite acceptable. My frames were composite material and the points went in easily. Be sure your frame rabbet is deep enough--at least 3/16" should ideally be available to insert the points above the art (glass, art, mat and backing material sandwich). If the "sandwich" is flush with the back of the frame, it will be very difficult to insert the points properly, if at all.

United States on Jun 25, 2015

Amazon Customer: Royal Mail charged £5.92 extra for VAT on this imported item, plus £8.00 for International Handling Fee. If this VAT had been charged initially it would save the extra £8 for Royal Mail's Fee

United Kingdom on Oct 01, 2013

nimby: I was a bit leery about this item based on a couple of reviews but even the best product will receive a couple of bad reviews. I only make a few frames per year and didn't want to spend more so I gave it a try. My first frame was made of purple heart wood. I didn't even think about how hard this wood was to work with between splintering and dulling router bits. I had to squeeze so hard to get the flexible inserts into the wood I was afraid that I would break the tool. It held up but half of the points buckled instead of going into the wood but I was finally able to get 8 of them into the frame. Needless to say I was disappointed in the tool until I did the next frame. It was made out of red oak and when I squeezed the handle to sink the first flexible insert it went in so easy I thought that I didn't load a point in the tool but it was there. The next seven went in just as easily and I realized it wasn't the tools fault on the first frame it was the wood. It is one of the few woods that I have worked with that makes oak seem soft by comparison. I've used it with several other wood frames and it is always a breeze. Loading the inserts one at a time...

United States on Sep 20, 2012