Lightly draw a line along the top of the shadow box from one end to the other.
How to hang large heavy shadow boxes on wall.
Any home hardware store should have the hardware required to hang your shadow box on the wall.
Step 2 mounting the hangers.
Tap wall anchors into the pilot holes.
You will need picture hanging wire and nails or hooks.
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Have a helper hold the shadow box up to the wall in your preferred location.
What is so brilliant about these is that you do not need any power tools to pop one of these in your walls and it will take you less than two minutes to hang your heavy items.
You might also need hot glue to stick the wire onto the corners of the frame.
Step 3 take the shadow box down turn it over and measure the distance from the top to the center point of the hanging hooks.
A brief how to guide on hanging our iconic shadow box frames.
Hang a heavy display box on a wall.
I made a light box for this slot machine glass i got as a gift.
Then drive flat head screws into each anchor leaving the head protruding just enough that you can slide the flush mounted hangers on the back of the shadow.
The box is over 16 inches wide so i could screw into 2 wood studs in the wall.