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:

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. ✌️

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

Safety glasses!

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 🐼.

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!

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

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

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.

Lovely job as always... Just a thought with the glued plugs and hidden screws it might be a real pain to get down if you ever wanted to... Anyway, not meaning to be negative, nice project and result!

You can buy kits where the countersink bit matches the plug cutter size exactly with no requirement to find a matching drill bit size. Excellent as always Stuart 👍

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.

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!

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

Oh brilliant Stuart, yes i also love the smell of linseed oil. Hope your wife likes the new coat rack , cheers and hope you have an awesome New Year

Great job Stuart. A simple but effective piece done and like you said will keep the Boss happy. lol.

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.