It’s been A WHILE since I’ve been able to say that I actually finished almost anything. That goes for software projects, work stuff, and woodworking. But over the weekend I finally finished something: I built anna a clothes drying hanger/rack to hang up in the laundry room for drying her clothes that can’t be dried in the dryer. It wasn’t that much WORK but it was hard for me in my current state. I had to:
- Cut plywood on the table saw
- Round the corners with the strip sander
- Roundover the edges on the router table (clamped onto the table saw for now, very low effort)
- Drill holes for the upper hooks (to hold the plastic chains) and lower hooks (to hold clips)
- Sand the surfaces with the random orbit sander
- Stain the plywood
- Seal the plywood with clear coat
- Sand the clearcoat smooth
- Install the upper and lower hooks
- Clamp the upper hooks shut around their chains
- Drill holes in the clips so they can go on the lower hooks
Overall it was maybe 5-10 hours of effort, but it took over a week of working on it a bit at a time, and the result looks decent so I’m pretty happy with it. More importantly Anna was thrilled with it and thought it was an amazing birthday present, and I think she appreciated it more because it’s based on a common household item in Japan. I installed a hook in the ceiling of the laundry room which I’m sure anyone would find to be useful.
