Why Build A Pot Hanger
The non-functional aspects of cupboards makes me crazy. Digging into the back to pull out pots. Removing everything from the front to get to the back. Not being able to easily find what I need. Television chefs seem to easily pick the pot they need off of racks hanging in front of them. I wanted one of those pot racks, so I build my own. As usual I prefer something from oak and simple pieces. Mine looks somewhat like a ladder, build from 2 1/2″ x 1″ oak and some dowling pieces.
I hung it from ceiling using chain I bought at the local hardware store. They cut the pieces to length there. I also used some heavy duty eye hooks, drilled and screwed into the ceiling joists, and some stainless steel chain carabiner connecters.
Cut and Parts List
- (2) 4″ x 1″ oak board cut to 4 ft
- (2) 4″ x 1″ oak board cut to 19″
- (8) 1″ oak doweling cut to 18″ each
- Sand all the pieces prior to starting
- (8) Stainless steel carabiner chain connecter
- (4) 18″ length of steel chain
All The Steps
Mark across the 4 ft sections of board where the doweling will go in. There are approximately 5″ centres between each section. Start marking 3/4″ from one end to allow for the end pieces. The last section, from the final dowel piece to the second short oak board, will be slightly longer than 5″. This does not matter as long as it is the same on either long section.
Use a countersink to drill the screw holes at each area that you marked. The counter sink will be on the outside of the pot rack. The drill bit needs to go all the way through the board but the countersink hole should be just deep enough to cover the screw with wood filler.
On the inside of these sides, using the hole that the drill came through, use a 1″ forstner bit to cut 1/2″ in. The idea is to cut a hole to glue the doweling into, and also to screw it in place from the outside. Pre – drill the centre of each doweling end for the screw to go in.
And More Steps
Putting all the pieces together was a bit tricky. Gluing and drilling the doweling into the first side was easy because this could be done one at a time. For the second side all the doweling pieces needed to go into the holes at the same time, while they were swelling up with wood glue. I needed some assistance for this. I do not need a second pot rack, but if I did I would consider cutting all the way through each side for the doweling to go in and not using the screws or countersink.
The end pieces were attached with a countersink as a butt joint. Then more sanding, stain and varnish. I ordered some hooks from Amazon to hang the pots. We learned quickly to hang the larger pots further back on the rack and smaller pots nearer the front. The taller people kept hitting their head on the pots. There is also a no-sharp-objects rule so that no one gets impaled by anything if it gets knocked off the rack.
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