[Woodcarver] Relief carving question

[Bill Smith]

yes that what I was tryin to say as that is from one
side of the carving to the other side and use a board
on the wall the same lenght would work as well

Bill
--- George Farrell <none332 at mchsi.com> wrote:

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> > 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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> George
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