Rotating frame hanger?

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Bill Lackner

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My dentist (also my customer) bought a boat that included several framed pieces of art that he would like to remove. The way he explains it to me, the artwork is designed to rotate on the frame's center axis (some frames have nylon rub-strips to protect the cherry paneling) in tune with the motion of the boat.

After my suggestion, he has tried to lift & pull slightly while rotating but the frames will not come off the wall. None of the frames can rotate more than 45-60 degrees due to adjacent walls, obstructions, etc.

Do any of you nautical framers (landlubbers not excluded) know anything about these hangers or how they may be removed?
 
ROFLMAO....I'm imagining sitting on the boat watching the pictures rock back and forth...Why would anybody do this???? Why does the artwork have to be level with the water outside? It's killing me....
Sorry, I'm not much help. I've installed on dozens of boats and we just used security hardware. You know...so the pictures wouldn't rock back and forth. Can he get behind the bulkhead? There may be a bolt that runs through the wall. Also check for some kind of wire hanging down behind the picture just to the edge of the frame for pulling on a catch. Or there may be a catch on either side of the picture where the hardware attachs to the frame. I've never seen this hardware so I'm just guessing.
 
Frank: If you've ever eaten a fried egg sandwhich with a Bud chaser in the galley of a rocking boat, you'd know why some perspective on the waterline is appreciated by us legs.
 
My customer doesn't know why the artwork pivots either - came with the boat. He can't get his fingers behind the frame much and can't see very far in. I probably have more patience than 90 percent of the population but after a few hours I would have sacrificed (ripped it off the wall) one of the pieces to see how it was attached. It's possible the frames were attached before the walls were finished with a nut & bolt.

I thought there might be some info on this esoteric hanger out here in Grumbleland.
 
This adds a whole new persepective to the concept of a 'float mount'.

Sorry, I know that's no help.

Kit
 
Bill: I thought about this some more after my smart a** comment above. Since your customer really wants to remove the art, why not just deconstruct the frames from the outside in. A small screw driver and mini-pry bar should allow you to loosen the mitres and pull the frames apart, then work back towards the paneling. Of course once you get there the good news is the new art your frame to cover the holes left by this swing hanging system.
 
Thanks John - I'll have him stop by our shop and show him how to do what you've suggested (I'll let him borrow my "cats-paw" tool). Hopefully the frame wasn't cross-nailed with half a dozen nails in each corner...
 
Stop! Please don't rip it off the wall. Good grief.

Research boat accesories, it must have come from that industry. Why can't he or the broker contact the former owners?
 
I noticed that it took a woman to come up with the logical solution to the problem.

 
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