Metal-pipe Coat Rack
Creating projects from metal plumbing pipes is a fun and interesting way to go about DIY! Building a coat rack is easy and can be customised to suit your needs.
Material List:
Tools |
Material list |
| PSR 18 Cordless Drill driver | 3/4inch (20mm galvanised fittings) |
| Wire brush for drill | bend/elbow 90 deg female both sides – 10 pieces |
| PEX 300 Eccentric Sander | TEE (female all sides) – 6 pieces |
| PRR 250 Sander | Y (female all sides) – 2 pieces |
| Brass wire wheel to fit PRR | straight pipe 150mm – 11 pieces |
| Large Flexible Sanding roller to fit PRR | Straight pipe 500mm – 1 piece |
| PST 18 Cordless Jigsaw | Straight pipe 200mm – 1 piece |
| Plumbers pliers | Straight pipe 300 mm – 1 piece |
| foam/sponge sanders mixed grit | Straight pipe 100mm – 2 pieces |
| caps – 2 pieces | |
| flanges – 4 pieces | |
| castor wheels +/- 40mm | |
| 1/2 inch (15mm galvanised fittings) | |
| flange – 4 pieces | |
| Elbow 45 deg equal female – 4 pieces | |
| plugs – 4 pieces | |
| nipple – 4 pieces | |
| Quickset clear epoxy | |
| Laquer Thinners – 1 bottle | |
| Citrus cleaner – 1 bottle | |
| Metal primer spray paint (we should still have) | |
| Spray paint – metalic bronze type colour – 1 tin |
Steps:
- Clean all the pipes with thinners and citrus cleaner
- Brush down with wire brush
- Mix epoxy glue
- Start with the base and join the elbows to the straight pipes
- From there start with the upright pipes
- Attach Y pieces
- Attach T pieces
- Attach last uprights
- Fit the cap ends
- Sand the complete coat rack
- Spray with primer
- Spray with colour
- Make wooden base and attach the coat rack to the base using wood screws
