HannaFate
SPFG, Supreme Picture Framing God
This is such a simple thing, but I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere, so here it is.
When screwing your mounting point for a wire into soft wood, you can reinforce the point with glue.
Make a pilot hole with the tip of an awl, and put some plain white glue in the hole before screwing in the screw. This reinforces the wood fibers around the screw, and makes it less likely to rip out.
I usually use two-screw plates on soft wood, to distribute the strain, but even so, really soft moldings on heavy pieces can be a problem. I recently solved such a challenge by framing a large piece with the thinnest metal frame I could find, then mounting the soft wood molding on top of it. (hot glue is a wonderful thing!) The wood bears no weight, so I could use the ridiculously flimsy molding the customer wanted on a jersy. (with glass, not plexi)
When screwing your mounting point for a wire into soft wood, you can reinforce the point with glue.
Make a pilot hole with the tip of an awl, and put some plain white glue in the hole before screwing in the screw. This reinforces the wood fibers around the screw, and makes it less likely to rip out.
I usually use two-screw plates on soft wood, to distribute the strain, but even so, really soft moldings on heavy pieces can be a problem. I recently solved such a challenge by framing a large piece with the thinnest metal frame I could find, then mounting the soft wood molding on top of it. (hot glue is a wonderful thing!) The wood bears no weight, so I could use the ridiculously flimsy molding the customer wanted on a jersy. (with glass, not plexi)