The goal for these Heavy-Duty Keyhole Hangers was to make them stronger than anything you could reasonably mount them into and onto. Mission accomplished! If you have looked around, you have discovered that there aren't any truly "heavy-duty" keyhole hangers out there. What you will find, is an abundance of cheap pot metal hangers made in China that merely screw to the back surface of your piece. If those won’t do for your application, put simply, these are the strongest keyhole hangers available.
If you need to hang something heavy, valuable, or just a piece that you spent a lot of time making, you will want to invest in a hanging/mounting system that you can be confident will hold it safely. Better yet, along with being incredibly strong, our Keyhole Hangers are made from corrosion resistant 17-4 stainless steel, making them suitable for wet environments such as your bathroom, boat/marine, and outside use. Included are two 3/4" long #8 flat head screws made from 316 stainless steel. These Keyhole Hangers are flush mounted into a routed slot, so they won't make your piece standoff the wall or other mounting surface like other cheap hangers. Because they are fully recessed in the piece you will be mounting, all of the material above the Hangers would have to tear out for this to fail. We recommend leaving at least 5/8" of material above the slot you route in your piece for maximum strength (in the vertical direction of loading). Because different species of wood/material and possible mounting arrangements vary widely, we can't provide a load rating for these. But here is the deal: The Heavy-Duty Keyhole Hangers themselves are going to be the last thing to break. Your screw head, sheetrock anchor, drywall, pine stud, plywood, or other material that you mount these Hangers into or onto will fail long before these babies break on you. Overkill? We think not…
If you really want to get a perfect installation, consider picking up our optional Mounting Locators. These work something like a transfer punch and fit into the slots that the Keyhole Hangers mount into. Put them in first, put your piece right where you want it, give it a little push, and voilà, you will get one or two marks on the wall right where you need to install a screw or anchor. It takes the guesswork out of the mounting process and you can reuse them for future projects!
The key benefits of our Heavy-Duty Keyhole Hangers include:
- Incredibly strong.
- Constructed from high quality, corrosion resistant, 17-4 stainless steel material.
- Corrosion resistant 316 stainless steel screws provided.
- Flush mounted.
- Versatile arrangements for any mounting application.
- Removable/reusable.
- Optional Mounting Locator system.
- Detailed installation video instructions (on this page).
These are manufactured by Hidgit right here in America. Here is the exact breakdown where our materials are sourced:
Machining- Made in America (by Hidgit)
Mounting Locators- Made in America (by Hidgit) *These are 3D-Printed using raw material also made in America.
Raw 17-4 Stainless Steel- Portugal
316 Stainless Screws- Thailand