Easy, Cheap, Bespoke Oak Coat Rack Build

13:16 minute mark is perfect British humour, not a word spoken yet I laughed!! Love from Australia.

Your coat rack turned out beautiful as well as functional. Being a short person, I really appreciate that you put it at a height your wife can reach. :face-red-heart-shape:

I don't understand why you didn't simply use longer screws and fix the rack to the wall through the coat hooks. Just make two (or four) of them pass through the board and into wall anchors. No need for a third hole (or wood plug) above the hooks. It would also make it much easier to disassemble in the future, because the screws wouldn't be covered by glued-in plugs.

Looks lovely! 1:36 Offcut shop? Any chance of more info about how/where to get oak etc at a discount? B&Q, Wixkes etc don't cater for this and checking the net is a bit daunting due to the amount of results... Happy 2024 from Lord 🐼.

Oh I do remember working on cricket bats , breaking them in as well , happy days

Chuffin loads of room under those brackets to fully hide a screw! Not making loads of unnecessary work for yourself is such a valuable skill. When holding up to mark holes put rubber tape or similar behind so it sticks in place with barely any pressure. Same for steadying longer spirit levels with one hand. ✌️

Safety glasses!

If you’re looking for good quality coat hooks which are fairly priced, Toolstation have ball end coat hooks (made by Hiatt hardware). Much more attractive than the DIY store alternatives and better quality than a very similar product sold in B&Q.

Nice video stuart. I did something similar a few years ago, though without the benefit of a table saw or router table. One thought: when routing a profile on the edge of a board, do the end grain first so that any chips at the end of the cut are removed when you do the long grain sides. Keep up the good work!

I did one for a recess, with a shelf for gloves, scarves etc over the top. The shelf was supported by triangular supports at the ends and fixed by dowels at regular intervals. The screws fixing the vertical board to the wall were hidden by the triangular shelf supports so fixings are totally hidden. No wall is perfectly flat and the recess wasn't properly square so it took quite a lot of work with filler etc to ensure that there no gaps between the wall and the wood. It was finished using hardwax oil. That was a cheap piece of oak for £11!. Regardless any good piece of oak deserves better than Wickes hooks!

Nice 1 Stuart. Welcome to 2024 M8 & missus. Take care & stay safe.

I made a very similar rack a while ago. As for hiding the screws, I used some of the screws for the hooks themselves as the screws to the wall.

nice video. I've made the same except placed the wall fixing behind where the hooks are so no need to plug and nothing is visible. Even with those small hooks "back" its still possible to work out a position such that they hid the fixings.

Love the reaction sound when the broom handle gives up, l think we've all experienced that feeling of frustrating 🤣. Happy new year and keep up the great videos

Looks great, be a job to take it down again though!

So very simple and effective, nice job and let’s be fair this would cost maybe £50 from a retailer.

I did exactly the same. We still had a cheap Ikea one when we moved in. But the store bought ones are all very narrow. I reused the hooks on a longer board. We don't have many coats, but I hate digging for them. Just a coat of wax turned out to be plenty of protection, it still looks good after almost 10 years. It's a simple thing to do, but one you see every day.

Great video Stuart and a very nice build !!!!!

Neat little project Staurt! The oak looks awesome!

No job is even done before the "That isn't going anywhere" test! Lovely!