Eye Screws
Description and application
Also known as screw eyes - a wire form with a looped head and threaded end tapered to a point. Larger ones are often referred to as lag eye screws. Designed to be used as an attachment point, particularly for something that is hung from it. Available in zinc plated
steel .
Eye Screws have traditionally been used to hang framed pictures. Today alternatives exist which eliminate the need for screw eyes, hooks and wire. Nevertheless, screw eyes continue to be used for this purpose as they are an inexpensive option and very easy to install.
How to Hang a Frame using Eye Screws
- Place the frame face down on a flat surface (take care not to scratch the front surface of the frame).
- Using a pencil, place a mark on one of the side rails of the frame about one-third of the way down the side rail from the top edge of the frame. Measure the distance from the top edge of the frame to the mark on the side rail. Place a mark at the same location on the opposite side rail.
- At the mark on each side rail, make a pilot hole using a small diameter drill bit or pointed object (eg awl).
- Carefully turn the eye screws by hand.
- Insert until the bottom edge of the eye is positioned slightly above the surface of the frame and turned slightly inward.
- Attach appropriate size picture wire to the eye screw loops.
- The length of wire should be long enough so when the wire is pulled tight up against the back of the frame, the center point of the wire extends about half the distance between the eye screws on the side rails and the top of the frame.
- Hang the frame on an appropriately fastened hook.
