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Be a Picture Hanger - Now It's Quick and Easy
Being a picture hanger can be quick and easy now. Johnson Level & Tool Mfg. Company makes a really cool device to help you hang a picture on the wall. It’s called the MRK 24. 
It is simply two aluminum rails approximately 26 inches long with two plastic caps 4 inches long on each end. It has three sliding position markers and two bubble markers - one horizontal and one vertical.
HERE’S HOW YOU USE IT FOR YOUR PICTURE HANGING
- Determine where the mounting screws or brackets will be on the picture that you are hanging.
- Slide the appropriate marker so that the holes line up with the mounting screws or brackets.
- Hold the device up to the wall where you want the picture to be placed. Without moving the sliding markers, mark the holes on the wall.
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Put the device down and insert the anchors in the wall and poof that is all there is.
I picked this device up on a clearance rack at one of the big boxes for just a few dollars. I bought it more out of curiosity than anything else.
This tool has proven itself a worthy tool for those times I have needed to hang a picture. It makes the job go really fast.
The other method I used for years to hang pictures that required two mounting points was to carefully measure the distances between the two points. Then I would mark one side and then the other using a level across the two points or sometimes a straight board and torpedo level.
A POINT TO REMEMBER:
Measuring up from the floor or down from the ceiling does not mean the picture will be level.
The next time you are in a big box store, look around! I have found many useful things to help me get a project completed faster and easier.
Now, on to my next project.
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