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And it's hard to fix without poking something through the wall that you probably want to keep pristine, because glass weighs a lot. Unless you modify the frame
by Groxx 3y ago
And it's hard to fix without poking something through the wall that you probably want to keep pristine, because glass weighs a lot.
Unless you modify the frame. Or screw into the top of the frame. Or loads of options that aren't taken for one reason or another because "the frame has a wire across it" is utterly dominant.
- progbits 3y agoSlight forward tilt can be desired, eg. to help with dust accumulation.
- Gordonjcp 3y agoAnd just you wait until the author of the article tries to work out why the wire isn't straight across but has a bend in it when the painting is hanging on a hook. The tension on cable strung between two points is a function of the weight pulling down on it, and the reciprocal of the sine of the angle the cable makes where the weight hooks on. For it to be straight, the latter becomes infinite...