Coat racks

[cowboy1296]

I cut this coat rack to go to a show in August, but Ihttp://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=24680&stc=1 Ran across a local yesterday that wanted the coat rack more than me and he forked over the bucks for it. Now i need to do another one. One change i will make is 5 hooks instead of 6. But should i cut the same one or a new design. If any of you have any killer coat racks to display post them on here and let me steal your idea.

[dmidkiff]

Maybe you should make more than one for the show, if you can sell. If you can't sell, different examples might get more interest. Maybe rethink you price as well. That is a great looking coat rack and should be very popular in your area.

[cowboy1296]

just playing with the design, i will stick with 6 hooks but all the same larger ones. The new one will be cut from an 18 inch wide plank. I do not like to waste wood, so you never know when the new one will turn out 5 inches taller. But again i will play with the design.

[Herb Holmes]

Very nice , is that ambrosia maple ?

[Burkhardt]

Looks great!
For a suggestion, you could try to make wooden shaped hooks or pegs mortised in or screwed from the back that fit better the overall design. IMO, The dissimilar brass hooks with visible screws don't do the backplate justice.

[cowboy1296]

Not real familiar with maple but it is referred to as wormy maple. The next one will be done in cherry or perhaps black walnut. Thanks for the above comments.

I am hung up on bright brass. In making the old one or new one they are designed to go on my wall in case they dont sell. So size and hooks are a consideration.

[Brian Harnett]

Looks nice. Another design to consider is using a live edge board and wooden hooks that stuff is really popular in log homes.

[Herb Holmes]

Not real familiar with maple but it is referred to as wormy maple. The next one will be done in cherry or perhaps black walnut. Thanks for the above comments.


Ambrosia Maple is just another name for wormy maple , that's what I thought it was seeing the markings towards the bottom . Very inspiring , got me thinking bout making a coat rack myself .

[JoeinWestMich]

Another suggestion is to make the board/design a little smaller. Use smaller hooks and make it into key rack. Might make use of some some scrap and be able to sell to another customer who loves the design but doesn't have room for the larger coat rack. Great job, BTW.
Joe

[genek]

not real familiar with maple but it is referred to as wormy maple. The next one will be done in cherry or perhaps black walnut. Thanks for the above comments.
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i am hung up on bright brass. In making the old one or new one they are designed to go on my wall in case they don't sell. So size and hooks are a consideration.

wormy maple is also ambrosia maple... Depends on how you buy it. On how much you pay for it. What causes the streaks is the waste of the ambrosia beetle.. By the way what did you get for that coat rack should have been in the 250.00 to 400.00 range depending if you do wholesale or strictly shows and retail.

[pappybaynes]

Ambrosia Maple is just another name for wormy maple , that's what I thought it was seeing the markings towards the bottom . Very inspiring , got me thinking bout making a coat rack myself .

Spalted Maple....

[cowboy1296]

http://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=24693&stc=1@Genek, it looks like you have made a bunch of good looking ones. I got 300 for it. I had those coat hooks laying around here for almost two years. When i went to re buy them they had almost doubled in price. I found a vendor in Canada that even beat the heck out of Amazon and the new ones are in the mail.

A couple of years back i made up a lot of inventory thinking if i liked them so would everyone else. Well they liked them but no one wanted to buy them. about 95% of them ended up in benefits, which is a good thing. So now i tread lightly and only do stuff that i need or plaques that are ordered. The one that i am designing now will be a little taller, the 3d scene is taller as well making the animals bigger. so if it does not sell then it is bound for my wall. This one i did a couple of years back which was made from knotty alder.

[bryan_webb]

cowboy,
I really like the clairity of your coat racks,,,What kind of tool did u use(v carve or ball noise) what feeds & speeds & depths did u use ?
Thanks Bryan

[cowboy1296]

its a 1/8 inch ball nose with about a 7 % step over. I have a feed and plunge speed of about 2.6 inches per second. All of these are cut into a plank that is about 1.7 inches thick. and deepest i cut was .87 of an inch.

now a trick that i learned on here was to lay your coat hooks out to where at lest two of them are on 16 inch centers. the first picture 2 coat hooks covered the screws that secure it to the studs. then i used buttons for the top two screws.

[bryan_webb]

Cowboy,
@2.6 ips how long did it take to carve this one ?Was u able to to do it in 2 passes on depth or did it take 3 depth passes ?
Thanks Bryan

[cowboy1296]

http://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=26397&stc=1Not sure what you mean by passes. once the roughing was done there was one tool path for finishing. It was done with a eighth of an inch tapered ball nose with a 7% stepover. I dont remember how long it took but i dont remember it taking that long. I know that i have done some that took longer. Time wise and i am only guessing here, i think 12 hours on finishing.

Although this was not the original coat rack, the is the one that i did that replaced the first one. its now hanging on my wall

[bryan_webb]

COBOY,
How deep did u cut with your roughing tool ?
How deep did u cut with your finish tool ?

[cowboy1296]

man i have had needles stuck in me all over. yesterday in my mouth and today on my chest. i hope that i explain myself properly. on either of these: the roughing or the finish is controlled by your component properties. the more shape you give it the deeper it cuts and in most cases the better it looks. now the roughing on the last coat rack went to a maximum depth of .825. the finishing went to .8758. now if that is too deep for you, you can always reduce the shape height of a component but this will flatten out a shape that should be convexed. hopefully this made sense.