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Help mounting 58827 (2x2x10 girder) horizontally
Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I couldn't find it anywhere. I am trying to "ceiling mount" triangular support girders to create the look of a TV studio, but got stuck with the geometry.
The girder itself is 10 studs tall, which should have been easy to SNOT, but I can't seem to find the right combination of brackets to allow me to connect both the stud and the "anti-stud" ends. I even tried using jumpers to offset one of the ends, but found the half a stud offset didn't work with my initial choice of brackets (3956 and 44728).
I've also thought of just clipping one of the bars to something instead, but only one out of the three vertices of the triangle is an actual round bar, so if i use it to hang the thing from the ceiling I won't have a place to clip the lighting equipment to.
This is the part in question:

Which brackets or other SNOT elements would you use to attach it (on both ends) to the underside of a plate?
Thanks in advance!
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It was extremely rickety though, and fell apart almost just from looking at it. Maybe because I was connecting three horizontally...
I don't recall having a problem with the distances.
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If you do not want to and instead use the girders, then I would suggest girders with the technic hole and usage of the 3956 part @CCC suggests but with a technic pin or rod in for extra support
Thanks to everyone else for the other ideas too It's great to be able to get such valuable advice on short notice.
Oh, and I'll try to order some of the horizontal ones from Bricklink next time I see them, just in case.
DaveE
It works, but then you've got an odd gap at the end, not to mention that the stud sticks out ever-so-slightly in case you want to align it against a brick on the right-hand-side.
Technically, I think the technic brick is off by some miniscule amount as well (or so LEGO supposedly claims), but less so than the protruding stud of the headlight brick.
DaveE