Coat Hook Rack Project, continued

 Hello All,

I finished building the coat racks and I sanded them smooth and trimmed the ends. And lastly I stained them.

Here's the photos:

Here's one of the finished racks. It's 50 inches long:

And this is a photo of the profile:

My back suddenly decided to really begin hurting so I didn't get a photo of the stain I used. It's a gel stain by General Finishes called Candlelight. It's really pretty.

Ok, tomorrow I'll apply the first of two coats of polyurethane and I'll also go and purchase some coat hooks.

I'm going to go and sit down.

See you tomorrow,
VW

Hello, I'm back with a new project

 Hello All,
Well, it's been a very long time since I've made anything or done any posts. I needed some down time to re-think my craft endeavors and to think and explore other ways of making furniture, bowls, and other things. I've also explored other media such as clay and painting which I'm going to be working on later this summer. It's been a fruitful time and I hope this time off is reflected in my work.

So I have a simple project to begin with: a coat hook rack for clothing, bags, hats, or anything that can be hung on a wall. 

Discussion & Plans

A few years back I made a simple coat rack out of pine and some fancy coat hooks that I applied to one of our bedroom walls. It's held scarves, bags,  hats, umbrellas, all kinds of stuff, in an organized manner. And it looked good too. My daughter-in-law used it for a while to hang belongings on and at present it's in the closed in the master bedroom. 

Here's a photo:

As you can see it's a simple project made out of common pine and coat hooks. This one is about 52 inches long, 5 inches wide and has a narrow shelf on the top that is about 2 1/2 inches wide, and we place lent rollers on it. And it's screwed into the wall studs with self tapping screws. 

My daughter in law needs two of these so I purchased some 1"x8"x8' long common pine boards and proceeded to rip them both down to about 6" wide. The long strips of waste wood became a narrow shelf on the top and a 1/2"x1/4" thick strip hides the joint underneath and gives the rack a little bit of visual interest. I also sanded the wood smooth with 150 grit sandpaper:

I glued the top piece down and glued and glued and nailed the narrow piece: 

I will be trimming the ends down when the glue is dry:

And here is the rack right now. Later this evening I'll take this out of the clamps and construct the second rack and let the glue dry over night: 

When I'm done building them, I'll stain them coat them with polyurethane and attach 6 hooks per board.

Stay tuned.

VW