The Framers Forum

I'm just tying up this frame where, due to the limited depth of the moulding, I've had to add a supporting fillet. This has been glued to the back of the moulding.

The obvious location for my D-rings would be mounted onto the fillet. Naive question at this stage, maybe, but is that advisable to do this? Even though it's glued, will that be too much weight placed on the fillet?

As it’s glued in, and as many framers are OK
with hangers in the backing board on some frames, it’s probably fine

To be doubly sure though, use both frames, by screwing an offset in to the frame and putting a D ring under it on the slip.

Why not just use a screw long enough to go through the added wood and into the wood of the frame itself as well?

This makes too much sense to not do! Thanks, Jo.

Tudor Rose wrote: Tue 05 Aug, 2025 1:14 pm Why not just use a screw long enough to go through the added wood and into the wood of the frame itself as well?

I thought the slip was sitting in the outer frame’s rebate!

If you are describing an internal skeleton of wood as a structural component vs a thin, lightweight, decorative trim piece, the answer is yew - it will be fine to attach hardware to this internal strengthening support structure. This will create a structure that delegates the outer "cap of a frame" to being a decorative element of the project. This is how modern skyscrapers are created where the steel structure holds everything up including stone facades.

Slight ambiguity in the terminology. That's not what I would call a 'slip'.
To me, a slip is a flat piece that usually 'slips' between art and glass to act as a spacer.

That an extension piece in my philosophy. Although if it was used between art/glass it could technically be a slip.

Anyhow, I do that all the time and yes, use a screw long enough to penetrate the main frame.
The tricky part, particularly on narrow frames is to make sure the d-ring is not visible from the side
while not screwing it too far toward the rebate.

It was me who called it a slip!

It could have been sold as a slip, or a fillet, or a builders moulding, or just a batten ….. and used as an extension.

Probably safest to say “I used this flat bit of wood”!

Oh, and now I know how it was done, I would have screwed and glued it on with one of the screws each side a bit longer/strongerfor the hardware.

So you did..


I'm sorry.....

I have a cold.