This weekend, I decided to make a kilt hanger for my most recent kilt.

I started by knocking apart a standard hanger for trousers that I purchased at a "dollar" store for $0.50.

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Next, I took a strip of scrap wood from another project and ripped it to the proper width on the table saw.

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Next, I resawed the board in half to I had 2 identical pieces.

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The bandsaw leaves a rather rough surface, so I ran the pieces through the planer to get machine perfect faces on both sides.

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Next, I cleaned up the edges with the router so I now had 2 flat, square, and smooth strips to work with.

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Next, I cut the two slats to identical lengths (15 inches / 230cm) and cleaned off the tearout with a round-over cutter on the router and touched up the end grain with a bit of Nortin 220 grit sandpaper. Then I marked the hole locations for mounting the wire hook and drilled to the required depth.

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Then I laid out the pieces ready to assemble.

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I decided to use a polyurathane (Gorilla) glue for this application because of the materials. It requires moisture to harden, so I injected a bit of water into each hole. After inserting glue into each hole and a on the legs of the hook assembly, I assembled the new slats with the wire hook.

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I let the adhesive set up for an hour or so and then selected a finish to seal the wood from moisture and give it a nice color.

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I applied a couple of coats of finish over the next 24 hours and let it all dry thoroughly overnight. I then buffed up the finish with a bit of rubbing compound and ... Voila! ... a new kilt hanger is born ready to be pressed into use.

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Fun to make and it works well.

blu

Nicely done. (B)

So are you going to start selling 'em? :D

Easy when you have the tools, and you certainly have them Blu!! Nice job, it's impossible here to find good kilt hangers.

Put me down for fifty of them Blu....

Ron

excellent!

guid oan ya!




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Okay, you lost me at "ripped it to the proper width on the table saw." But seriously, nice work. If I tried anything like that it would probably look like a preschool art project.

Best regards,

Jake

I wish that I had all of that equipment. Maybe if I bought fewer kilts...

But then I would have to find time to actually make things!

Well done and thanks for the photo sequence showing how to do it - though the title was misleading - I thought we were about to see some photoshopped pics! :D

Nice job. Dangit, I'm gonna have to make some of these.

Nice shop tools. I'm jealous!