Monday, January 18, 2021

Making a coat rack out of solid beech wood

 






















Tools and materials I propose:

Table saw

Jointer planer

Bandsaw

Forstner bit set

Lathe

Wood turning tools set

Speed square

Chisel set

Drill press

Cordless drill

Dowel centering jig

Random orbit sander

6mm dowels

Dowel center pin

Mini machinist’s lathe

Belt sander

Cabinet Scraper set

Countersink bits


In this video I make a simple coat rack which is also a shelf. I made it out of solid wood and finished it with clear water based varnish.


I begun by ripping my wood on the table saw. I then cleaned the saw marks on the thickness planer. 


I then cut my wood to size on the table saw. I also created a groove by doing multiple passes on the table saw. This was to fit the shelf in place. 


I used the bandsaw to round over the sides which I then cleaned on the belt sander. 


Using a forstner bit I drilled the holes for the hangers. At  this point I also drilled the holes from which I would hang the rack on the wall. I also counter sinked them.


I used 6mm dowels to connect all the pieces. To do that I used my dowel centre pins and a centering jig. 


I then sanded everything and glued all the parts together. 


It was then time to turn the hangers on the lathe. 


I first created the tenons. I made a hole on a scrap piece. I then burned the tenon with friction so I would know how much material I should remove. 


I turned the pins roughly to size and then I used my machinist’s lathe to make sure the maximum diameter was the same on everything. 


I then trimmed them to size on the table saw and I moved back on the lathe to finish turning. 


I glued the pins in place and then trimmed them flush.


I finished the piece with three coats of clear water based varnish while I lightly sanded between coats. 


And my little rack  was ready. I hope you’ve enjoyed this project, because that was it. See you soon with a new project video.



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