[Woodcarver] Relief carving question

[George Farrell]

> Hi all
> I plan to make a relief carving for my church, and I am concerned 
> about how to hang it.
>
> It will be about 4 foot square - 3 inches thick - butternut or 
> basswood.  What can I attach to the back to hang something this size? 
> I’m worried that a screwed fastener will pull out due to the weight of 
> the wood.
>

Hi JohnG
    A way to hang VERY heavy cabinets on a wall is shown below.  
Obviously
the bump outs on the plaque and the wall are pieces of shaped wood that 
can
be screwed and glued to the plaque and, at least, screwed to the wall.
They can be as narrow as 3/4 inch and should be say 2 inches wide in 
order
to get as much surface area as possible for attachment to the plaque and
the wall.  For maximum strength, they should go almost all the way 
across
the width of the plaque.  The sketch should be viewed using a font 
having
a fixed width, like Monaco.

                  |_     |
                  | |    |
            your  | |    |
          plaque  |\|    |   The
                  |    |\|   wall
                  |    | |
                  |    |-|
                  |      |

Hope this helps.

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Have a good day
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George
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