I'm sure your setup has fixed or at least eliminated most of the bending issue. I'm just so overly paranoid with these things that any small possibility/amount of bending is enough to worry me. Then again, I wouldn't hesitate to copy your angled setup, only with a little rotating now and then if things start to look bent. In fact, I have my Mace on an angled lean against the windowsill right now. :) Wait, time to go rotate it.... ;)