Picture Hanger Spacer

cults3d

Four months ago, my daughter had given us a pretty good sized picture frame. The frame weighs a good 15 pounds or so because of panes of glass on both the front & rear. When I tried to hang it on the wall I found that the hanger brackets that came with it were designed for a fastener or hook with a very small & low profile head, like a 18 gauge wire nail, which would not hold this thing very well. In order for me to use drywall anchors and either something more like a #6 pan head screw, I needed either a different hanger or change the existing hanger to accept the larger fastener. So as my first project after assembling the printer and printing the Geeetech "test disk and a calibration cube (four months ago) I did a quick learn on how to use Autodesk 123D and came up with this simply designed spacer for the existing hanger. It allowed me to use the larger headed screw with a drywall anchor and I was very happy that the dimensions were perfect on my first try. Using the 3D printer to help us hang the picture was a huge confidence builder and my wife was impressed enough to give he endorsement on my 3D printer related purchases since then. Win-win! :-)