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Best Medium Duty Cross-Braces

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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.

Price is per strip, not per pair. These cross-braces are only for use with Best Medium Duty Stretcher Bars.

Please note that even though the cross-braces fit snuggly against the stretcher bars, they must be attached to the frame with cross-brace brackets. Two FREE brackets are included with every cross-brace purchase.

Note — These braces are straight braces only. If notched braces are needed, you have to special order the straight braces to be center-notched so they will fit together properly. To place a special order, please call 1-800-447-8192. When you call, please be prepared to supply the dimensions of the frame you are building and which length you want notched. Notching is an additional charge and you will be notified of the additional charge before the order is processed.

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Best Medium Duty Stretcher Bars

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Cross-Braces (Top View), Notching requires a Special Order

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Note — Order your cross brace length in the same size as the stretcher bar length you want to span — ex. if you have a 18" × 48" frame, purchase an 18" brace to support the longer side.

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Best Medium Duty Cross-Braces

3.3

(based on 4 reviews)

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11/19/2011

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Cross Bracers

By Tani

from Charleston, WV

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Comments about Best Medium Duty Cross-Braces:

The Cross Bracer was too short to use for a painting the size it was meant for. It was an inch and half too short. This forced me to have to make one to go with the standard stretchers.

Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Merchant response: We apologize, it sounds as though you have received defective product. At Blick we attempt to send out every order free from defect or damage. However, these types of issues do arise occasionally. Customers who receive defective or damaged items should contact our Customer Service department via email or by calling (800) 723-2787 and we will work with you to rectify the situation.

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4/3/2011

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Problem ordering

By costume painter

from lake placid ny

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Comments about Best Medium Duty Cross-Braces:

My inexperience shows, but it would have been useful
to have an explanation somewhere that a 48" stretcher goes with a 48" cross brace.

9/16/2009

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Best Quality & Value

By brian

from GSO, NC

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Comments about Best Medium Duty Cross-Braces:

Used in Commercial Display - far exceeds "craft store" grade stretchers.

8/12/2009

(6 of 6 customers found this review helpful)

3.0

Inconsistent sizing

By JackK

from Maine coast

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Comments about Best Medium Duty Cross-Braces:

We love the BEST stretcher strips. Generally, there is eveidence of very good QC with them. However, the cross-braces seem to have much lower QC. Both their lengths and their rabbet depths have way too much variability. It's a much simpler piece, so it seems strange that the simpler piece exhibits such poorer QC.

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Item	Description	Size		PricePrices, promotions, and availability may vary by store, catalog, and online.	Bulk!	Qty

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07209-3008	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	8"	List $4.10	$2.04	$1.68
07209-3009	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	9"	List $4.30	$2.14	$1.76
07209-3010	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	10"	List $4.30	$2.14	$1.76
07209-3011	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	11"	List $4.60	$2.29	$1.89
07209-3012	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	12"	List $4.60	$2.29	$1.89
07209-3013	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	13"	List $4.60	$2.29	$1.89
07209-3014	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	14"	List $5.75	$2.87	$2.36
07209-3015	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	15"	List $6.25	$3.12	$2.56
07209-3016	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	16"	List $6.25	$3.12	$2.56
	out of stock, available 6/5
07209-3017	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	17"	List $6.45	$3.22	$2.64
07209-3018	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	18"	List $6.45	$3.22	$2.64
07209-3019	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	19"	List $7.50	$3.74	$3.08
07209-3020	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	20"	List $7.50	$3.74	$3.08
07209-3021	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	21"	List $7.90	$3.95	$3.24
07209-3024	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	24"	List $8.30	$4.15	$3.40
07209-3025	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	25"	List $9.05	$4.52	$3.71
07209-3027	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	27"	List $9.95	$4.97	$4.08
07209-3028	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	28"	List $10.65	$5.32	$4.37
07209-3029	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	29"	List $11.30	$5.64	$4.63
07209-3030	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	30"	List $11.80	$5.89	$4.84
07209-3031	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	31"	List $12.55	$6.27	$5.15
07209-3033	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	33"	List $14.10	$7.04	$5.78
07209-3035	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	35"	List $15.20	$7.59	$6.23
07209-3036	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	36"	List $16.00	$7.99	$6.56
07209-3038	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	38"	List $16.10	$8.04	$6.60
07209-3040	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	40"	List $17.40	$8.69	$7.13
	out of stock, available 6/5
07209-3042	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	42"	List $17.90	$8.94	$7.34
07209-3044	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	44"	List $18.20	$9.09	$7.46
07209-3046	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	46"	List $18.60	$9.29	$7.63
07209-3048	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	48"	List $19.10	$9.55	$7.83
	out of stock, available 6/5
07209-3049	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	49"	List $19.45	$9.72	$7.97
07209-3050	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	50"	List $19.45	$9.72	$7.97
07209-3052	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	52"	List $21.00	$10.49	$8.61
07209-3054	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	54"	List $21.25	$10.62	$8.71
07209-3056	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	56"	List $22.45	$11.22	$9.20
	out of stock, available 6/24
07209-3058	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	58"	List $23.55	$11.77	$9.66
	out of stock, available 6/24
07209-3060	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	60"	List $25.50	$12.74	$10.46
07209-3083	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	83"	List $38.80	$19.39	$15.91
07209-3102	Medium Duty Cross-Brace	102"	List $57.75	$28.87	$23.68