To insure that canvas corners remain square, nail one hardboard corner to each corner on the back of each canvas stretcher bar. Pieces are cut at an exact 90 degree angle, with pre-drilled holes for effortless mounting.

These cross-braces are made with the same quality and care as the Best Medium Duty Stretcher Bars. They are made from kiln-dried, knot-free, straight white pine. Only for use with Best Medium Duty Stretcher Bars.

These high quality stretcher bars are more than pieces of wood! Their rounded back edge reduces surface friction and is designed to keep the canvas 1/2" from the stretcher bar. This helps insure that there will be no ghost impressions on the canvas.

Best Pro-Bar is a stretcher bar system that will never bend, warp, or twist from moisture or dryness. It combines wood and aluminum to create more rigid support, perfect for large scale painting, without the bulk and weight of heavy-duty stretcher strips.

Blick Heavy-Duty Cross-Braces add extra strength and stability to large canvases when used in tandem with Blick Heavy-Duty Stretcher Bars. Even though the cross-braces fit snuggly against the stretcher bars, they should be attached to the frame with cross-brace brackets for the best result.

Known as the "Super Bar" for its strength, our heavy duty stretcher bar is made of kiln-dried, knot-free pine. The bar has been finger spliced, a method of bonding pieces of lumber together to form a very long, straight bar.

We use only sap-free, kiln-dried wood for all of our stretcher strips. They are precision-cut with the most modern equipment available to ensure that every one you assemble will have perfectly square corners. Standard size is 1-1/2" wide × 3/4" thick.

Fredrix Heavy Duty Stretcher Strips feature tongue-and-groove design and are made of the finest SPF kiln dried ponderosa pine lumber. The're molded on modern woodworking machines to ensure a smooth and tight fit. Stretcher strips measure 2-1/4" × 1-7/16".

The patented B2 Custom Frame Kit from Masterpiece takes the hassle out of building a stretcher frame. This complete kit includes everything you need to construct the best frame on the market. Canvas is not included.

Masterpiece Heavy Duty Cross Braces are used with Masterpiece Heavy Duty Stretcher Strips. Braces fit snuggly into slots on the stretcher strips, and can be further wedged for an extra firm fit. These professional grade braces are made of clear solid fir.

Masterpiece stretcher strips are constructed from solid fir, using clear strips with no joins. The absense of joins in even the longest bars insures that canvas tension is even throughout. These are our premium-grade stretchers.

Made of fine, American-grown solid wood with no finger joints, Masterpiece Monet Pro Stretcher Bar Kits let artists easily build their own cross-braced stretcher bar frames.