# What are those things called **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [March 16, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/what-are-those-things-called/52609 "2018-03-16T00:10:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RandyHawkins](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/randyhawkins/32/38802_2.png) [@RandyHawkins](https://community.inventables.com/u/RandyHawkins)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/what-are-those-things-called/52609/1 "2018-03-16T00:10:26Z")
…that go on the back of picture frames and fold out so you can set the frame upright on a desk? I need to order some but don’t know what to search for. Thanks, Randy ---
**Author:** ![JohnChamplain](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/johnchamplain/32/75884_2.png) [@JohnChamplain](https://community.inventables.com/u/JohnChamplain)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/what-are-those-things-called/52609/2 "2018-03-16T00:21:21Z")
Picture Frame Easel ![image](https://cdck-file-uploads-canada1.s3.dualstack.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/flex009/uploads/inventables/original/3X/5/9/59894bf5ef839f13acb0404ef16bde0a30b4a800.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![JosephFusari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/35a633/32.png) [@JosephFusari](https://community.inventables.com/u/JosephFusari)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 12:33am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/what-are-those-things-called/52609/3 "2018-03-16T00:33:03Z")
Picture frame standy thingy? or [Photo Frame Standup Back | Frames Express](https://www.pictureframesexpress.co.uk/information-centre/picture-frame-standup-back/) Joe ---
**Author:** ![WayneHall](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/waynehall/32/84646_2.png) [@WayneHall](https://community.inventables.com/u/WayneHall)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 12:37am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/what-are-those-things-called/52609/4 "2018-03-16T00:37:49Z")
I am real cheap and just drill a 1/4" hole in the back and put a small dowel rod in. It leans back just like the thingy you are looking for and is cheap. If you don’t glue it in you can take it out if you don’t need it. ---
**Author:** ![RandyHawkins](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/randyhawkins/32/38802_2.png) [@RandyHawkins](https://community.inventables.com/u/RandyHawkins)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 1:05am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/what-are-those-things-called/52609/5 "2018-03-16T01:05:13Z")
Thanks everyone. I should have been more clear in my original post that I am interested in only the flip out part as it will attach to a wood carve I am doing. The ones that come with the frame backing panel probably won’t work as I am not sure how I would attach it (but thanks for those answers…I do appreciate the input…it was my fault for not being more clear). I like the idea of the dowel and may try that. ---
**Author:** ![WayneHall](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/waynehall/32/84646_2.png) [@WayneHall](https://community.inventables.com/u/WayneHall)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/what-are-those-things-called/52609/6 "2018-03-16T01:08:30Z")
Works like a charm and like i say it is cheap. ---
**Author:** ![RonSabourin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a88e57/32.png) [@RonSabourin](https://community.inventables.com/u/RonSabourin)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 2:58am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/what-are-those-things-called/52609/8 "2018-03-16T02:58:24Z")
You know its a party when Phil whips out his dowel… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![WayneHall](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/waynehall/32/84646_2.png) [@WayneHall](https://community.inventables.com/u/WayneHall)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 3:01am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/what-are-those-things-called/52609/9 "2018-03-16T03:01:28Z")
You can use a shorter one it all depends on where you place it. The nice thing is if you decide to hang it up you just take it out and use the keyhole. ---
**Author:** ![MatthewHay](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/matthewhay/32/84436_2.png) [@MatthewHay](https://community.inventables.com/u/MatthewHay)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 11:38am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/what-are-those-things-called/52609/10 "2018-03-16T11:38:27Z")
wouldn’t that little thingy be called a “hinge”? ---
**Author:** ![MarkA.Bachman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@MarkA.Bachman](https://community.inventables.com/u/MarkA.Bachman)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/what-are-those-things-called/52609/11 "2018-03-16T12:26:36Z")
Wayne I do that very process. ---
**Author:** ![RandyHawkins](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/randyhawkins/32/38802_2.png) [@RandyHawkins](https://community.inventables.com/u/RandyHawkins)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/what-are-those-things-called/52609/12 "2018-03-16T12:28:48Z")
> [@MatthewHay](#): > > wouldn’t that little thingy be called a “hinge”? I don’t know…if it has the prop part on it, is it still called a hinge? ---
**Author:** ![KennethConnell1](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/kennethconnell1/32/66880_2.png) [@KennethConnell1](https://community.inventables.com/u/KennethConnell1)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 12:51pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/what-are-those-things-called/52609/13 "2018-03-16T12:51:36Z")
agree with the first post from @JohnChamplain picture frame easel guess you could also call it a picture frame stand. ---
**Author:** ![WayneHall](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/waynehall/32/84646_2.png) [@WayneHall](https://community.inventables.com/u/WayneHall)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/what-are-those-things-called/52609/14 "2018-03-16T12:59:14Z")
It is an easy process and works good. ---
**Author:** ![NeilFerreri1](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/neilferreri1/32/84403_2.png) [@NeilFerreri1](https://community.inventables.com/u/NeilFerreri1)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/what-are-those-things-called/52609/15 "2018-03-16T14:04:35Z")
> [@RandyHawkins](#): > > I don’t know…if it has the prop part on it, is it still called a hinge? Two parts. There’s a hinge and I’ve heard the flap called a strut. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisRice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@ChrisRice](https://community.inventables.com/u/ChrisRice)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/what-are-those-things-called/52609/16 "2018-03-16T16:09:54Z")
[https://www.pictureframes.com/framing-supplies/easel-back](https://www.pictureframes.com/framing-supplies/easel-back) ---
**Author:** ![JustinBusby](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/justinbusby/32/30906_2.png) [@JustinBusby](https://community.inventables.com/u/JustinBusby)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/what-are-those-things-called/52609/17 "2018-03-16T16:19:51Z")
Here’s an idea: Get some 1/4" stock and draw one up using a picture online as a template or dive into the math to figure out sizing and angles and then use a tiny piano style hinge to attach it ---
**Author:** ![RandyHawkins](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/randyhawkins/32/38802_2.png) [@RandyHawkins](https://community.inventables.com/u/RandyHawkins)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/what-are-those-things-called/52609/19 "2018-03-16T16:25:41Z")
> [@JustinBusby](#): > > Get some 1/4" stock and draw one up using a picture online as a template or dive into the math to figure out sizing and angles and then use a tiny piano style hinge to attach it I contemplated that, except with a regular small jewelry box hinge, except I was not sure of nice way to add a string/catch/etc to keep it from opening too far. This is for a gift so I would like whatever I do to not look like something thrown together. Any idea of a way to keep it from opening too far? ---
**Author:** ![RandyHawkins](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/randyhawkins/32/38802_2.png) [@RandyHawkins](https://community.inventables.com/u/RandyHawkins)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/what-are-those-things-called/52609/20 "2018-03-16T16:29:39Z")
> [@AngusMcleod](#): > > Two simple shapes and a single CA hinge, and you’re done. I agree but what nice way to keep it from opening too far? That CA hinge makes me think - CA to glue a short ribbon maybe? ---
**Author:** ![RandyHawkins](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/randyhawkins/32/38802_2.png) [@RandyHawkins](https://community.inventables.com/u/RandyHawkins)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/what-are-those-things-called/52609/22 "2018-03-16T16:34:57Z")
> [@AngusMcleod](#): > > You can use a short length of “good” string, thread it through a hole, and finish with a simple, decorative knot of some sort, just to give it a “fancy” finish. I am attaching this to the back of an Open Book carving. So, it will be attached to wood. Maybe…drill a small hole, large enough for the string, put the tip of the string in the hole, and CA glue it in place. That may be clean. ---
**Author:** ![JustinBusby](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/justinbusby/32/30906_2.png) [@JustinBusby](https://community.inventables.com/u/JustinBusby)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/what-are-those-things-called/52609/24 "2018-03-16T17:02:44Z")
> [@RandyHawkins](#): > > Any idea of a way to keep it from opening too far? Look for a stop hinge. They make them in various degrees. [Next page](https://community.inventables.com/t/what-are-those-things-called/52609.md?page=2)