Here is a side view of the frame. I think I see the "knee" in the rails. not exactly sure where the ends of your straight edge are contacting. I think I added the red line where you are. Counting pixels, from the line to the knee in the rail is about 0.5"
If you copy and paste into Paint, the drawing is 130cm long
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