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Someone gave me a couple of these strong yet flexible 7-hole straps, and they were perfect for making custom offset clips when my backing materials were too thick for the rabbet. I would love to get more, but I don't know what they are called or who carries them. I would appreciate any help from anyone!
 

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Those are "mending plates". However, there are a vast multitude of configurations (thickness, width, length, hole spacing/arrangement, material, shape) so you may need to do quite a bit of looking if you want exactly the same thing.
 
Galvanized pipe strapping is a good substitute - available at any hardware store - cut to size with tin snips.....
 

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I wonder whether Z-Bar could still be used with a frame that had these on it.
Of course, they'd be kept out of the way, but I'm thinking of whether the
thickness of them would make it sit too far from the wall. Any comments?
 
I just had a frame job of a painting mounted on stretcher bars, but I also had corner braces due to the size and weight of the frame.
I used a z bar and just added a narrow strip of 14" plywood to the back just under where the z bar was mounted. I both glued and screwed the plywood to the frame before mounting the z bar.
It gave just enough space to overcome the added depth of the stretcher bars and the corner braces.




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I find the Hangman hangers to be much more forgiving than Z-Bars.
 
Finest Fabric said:
Galvanized pipe strapping is a good substitute - available at any hardware store - cut to size with tin snips.....
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Just be aware that that stuff is very flexible. If not attached under tension you could have a flimsy mess on your hands.
 
I was thinking what David just said. We use that metal strap tape across the backs
of things sometime, but I'd be leery of trying to use it for this purpose. It's thin
enough that it might flex more than desired.
 
There are different qualities of that, made of different materials. The best was made by a company called Yeck, and was made of a thick iron. I used to use that for making things like brackets to display my antique fire extinguishers. Most of what you get now seems to be made of thinner mild steel of some kind. While it is more flexible, if you bend and form it properly you can get good results.
:cool: Rick

here are a couple of other ways I've used it lately:

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mounting a moisture trap

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making a storage rack for spacer strips
 
If AMS or someone is listening, I'd like to see a canvas "offset" that is not offset but flat for this purpose. Lots of canvasses seem to end up flush with the back of the frame. The mending plates work - you can get something like this at any hardware store - but they are often larger than necessary, and they look less well finished on a picture frame.
 
Looks like LJ has two sizes of mending plates, as well.
Item #24840 is 2" x 1/2" with 2 holes.
Item #24842 ia 3" x 1/2" with 4 holes.
They come in boxes of 100.
 
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