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Coat stand made with Kreg R3 jig
Our kids just dump their school jackets and bags on the floor and sofa!
A compromise was needed to be found and what better than to help my son build a cool little coat stand that he would be happy to use [it has worked!]
I was really fortunate to win a Kreg R3 pocket hole jig from Instructables for my bike wardbrobe...
instructables.com/id/Bike-Shed
youtube.com/watch?v=4PUuORmUox0&list=PLFCVDcgb4Bysrw8NtUqjueD3cmeh3B74K
...and I wanted to play with it and see if I could use it in a more unusual application.
We wanted the coat stand to look cool in the room and not to look like a coat stand when not in use.
The idea was for a heavy base to make it self supporting with four poles at differing angles to add interest to the sculptural form.
We used an off cut of off sawn scaffold board from the Scaffold Board Shed that I am building for a client.
Cut it in half and thickness flat.
Shoot in the meeting edges to make a tight joint.
Clamp the Kreg jig to one board and drill a pocket hole right through and carry on down the length for three or four more times.
Mark the opposing board inbetween the already drilled holes and drill out with the Kreg jig.
We also did a few on the backside as well for added strength.
Glue the edge and cramp together.
Using the auger bit from the Kreg jig drill the holes deeper into the opposing board.
Cut up some 9mm doweling and glue them in using a small hammer to knock home.
Leave to dry.
When dried remove clamps and cut off the dowels flush with the board.
Cut the board to the desired length.
I found that there was a shake right through one part of the board.
Taking off the side wings of the Kreg jig clamp beside the shake and drill as before, we did three holes along the shake to stitch it together.
We squirted some glue into the shake and glued and hammered in doweling into the pocket holes, cutting them off flush.
Using a sander, sand the faces flat and smooth, also give the edges a good sand finishing off by hand to slightly round over the arris's.
The 20mm dowel for the coat poles was too large for the Kreg jig!
So we made a big 'Kreg' block jig out of a scrap of the scaffold board.
Mark the distance that is required for the poles to be positioned back from the edge.
Mark the two differing angles one on each end and transfer the lines around to the top measuring in about 50mm.
Using a 20mm auger drill two holes angled to the corresponding angles marked.
We used four poles and so marked out equal distances along the back edge of the base board.
Line up the jig block with the marks and cramp securely.
Work out the depth required to make a stopped pocket hole and stick on some tape to the auger as a guide.
Drill each hole making sure to alternate the angles.
Cut the 20mm dowel in half giving us about 1200mm lengths.
Sand one end of each pole to make a pleasing rounded shape.
Glue the poles into the holes.
All done.
Clear the space for the coat stand and stand back and watch as your son admires their wood working skills.
This was a great and simple project to make with my son and he now uses it mainly I believe because he made it.
The stitching of the boards together with the Kreg R3 pocket hole jig worked really well and I like the elongated doweling shapes that mark the surface.
Thanks to Otis McDonald for the funky tune 'In Case You Forgot'
And a big thanks to Instructables and Kreg for the cool prize.
I aim to upload a new video every few weeks and undoubtedly they will all be different. Some will be from rubbish, some adapted with electronics, some are instruments and others are just simple.
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Coat stand made with Kreg R3 jig
Our kids just dump their school jackets and bags on the floor and sofa!
A compromise was needed to be found and what better than to help my son build a cool little coat stand that he would be happy to use [it has worked!]
I was really fortunate to win a Kreg R3 pocket hole jig from Instructables for my bike wardbrobe...
instructables.com/id/Bike-Shed
youtube.com/watch?v=4PUuORmUox0&list=PLFCVDcgb4Bysrw8NtUqjueD3cmeh3B74K
...and I wanted to play with it and see if I could use it in a more unusual application.
We wanted the coat stand to look cool in the room and not to look like a coat stand when not in use.
The idea was for a heavy base to make it self supporting with four poles at differing angles to add interest to the sculptural form.
We used an off cut of off sawn scaffold board from the Scaffold Board Shed that I am building for a client.
Cut it in half and thickness flat.
Shoot in the meeting edges to make a tight joint.
Clamp the Kreg jig to one board and drill a pocket hole right through and carry on down the length for three or four more times.
Mark the opposing board inbetween the already drilled holes and drill out with the Kreg jig.
We also did a few on the backside as well for added strength.
Glue the edge and cramp together.
Using the auger bit from the Kreg jig drill the holes deeper into the opposing board.
Cut up some 9mm doweling and glue them in using a small hammer to knock home.
Leave to dry.
When dried remove clamps and cut off the dowels flush with the board.
Cut the board to the desired length.
I found that there was a shake right through one part of the board.
Taking off the side wings of the Kreg jig clamp beside the shake and drill as before, we did three holes along the shake to stitch it together.
We squirted some glue into the shake and glued and hammered in doweling into the pocket holes, cutting them off flush.
Using a sander, sand the faces flat and smooth, also give the edges a good sand finishing off by hand to slightly round over the arris's.
The 20mm dowel for the coat poles was too large for the Kreg jig!
So we made a big 'Kreg' block jig out of a scrap of the scaffold board.
Mark the distance that is required for the poles to be positioned back from the edge.
Mark the two differing angles one on each end and transfer the lines around to the top measuring in about 50mm.
Using a 20mm auger drill two holes angled to the corresponding angles marked.
We used four poles and so marked out equal distances along the back edge of the base board.
Line up the jig block with the marks and cramp securely.
Work out the depth required to make a stopped pocket hole and stick on some tape to the auger as a guide.
Drill each hole making sure to alternate the angles.
Cut the 20mm dowel in half giving us about 1200mm lengths.
Sand one end of each pole to make a pleasing rounded shape.
Glue the poles into the holes.
All done.
Clear the space for the coat stand and stand back and watch as your son admires their wood working skills.
This was a great and simple project to make with my son and he now uses it mainly I believe because he made it.
The stitching of the boards together with the Kreg R3 pocket hole jig worked really well and I like the elongated doweling shapes that mark the surface.
Thanks to Otis McDonald for the funky tune 'In Case You Forgot'
And a big thanks to Instructables and Kreg for the cool prize.
I aim to upload a new video every few weeks and undoubtedly they will all be different. Some will be from rubbish, some adapted with electronics, some are instruments and others are just simple.
Hey thanks for watching and why not visit again! I aim to make videos of interesting projects that I hope they may inspire you to give it a go.
Why not subscribe to catch all of the videos as soon as they are uploaded : youtube.com/channel/UCL2soflHdZyT0PgrVxakxWA?sub_confirmation=1
Visit my website to see what I am creating at pricklysauce.com
Or Like my Facebook page : facebook.com/pricklysauce
Follow me on Twitter : twitter.com/Pricklysauce
Hot news! I am now on Instructables : instructables.com/member/pricklysauce
Thanks for watching and please come back to watch some more.
