Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Crafted Workshop: Georgia State Key Ring Coat Rack”.
What’S going on everybody, i’m johnny brooke from crafted workshop here for another video on the make magazine youtube channel in this article, i’m going to show you how to build this coat rack and magnetic keychain holder. You just dig it practice practicing a little bit. What’S going on everybody, i’m johnny brooke from crafted workshop here with another video on the make magazine youtube channel in this article, i’m going to be showing you how to build this coat rack and magnetic key holder. You just put your keys up there and they stick right to it.
So, let’s get started. So i designed the files for this project using the software that was included with my cnc carbide, create and the file’s broken up into three different parts for the three different bits i used during the process to start the cnc milling process. I first attached my work piece to my spoil board using double sided tape and screws and then started the first job which was cutting this star.
I use a 1 16 inch end mill for this first job, since i wanted to get that fine detail in the corners of the star and brownie points for anyone who can guess the city marked by the star. Next, i changed the bit to a quarter. Inch end mill, leaving the x and y zero offset values the same and just changing the z offset to match the bit height. This keeps everything lined up nicely, even when switching bits, the quarter inch end mill cut the basic outline of the state for the last job.
I changed over to a 45 degree, v-bit to add a chamfer to the edge of the piece. Again, i kept the x and y settings the same and just changed the z setting once the job was complete. I removed the piece and gave it a quick sanding to remove the fuzzies next i needed to lay out the hole placement for the magnets that will hold the keys. I used a square to do this and just space them evenly and make sure to do this. On the back of the key holder since you’ll be drilling into the back with the locations laid out, i drilled the holes for the magnets using a forstner bit. The trick here is to drill as deeply as you can, without going through the front of the piece. Since the less material, that’s in front of the magnet will result in a much stronger magnetic hold, and you can see here that there’s a good bit of holding power with these magnets once the holes were drilled out for the magnets, i needed to drill out a Section for these keyhole hangers, these hangers allow the piece to hang flush on the wall and they have really good holding power as well. They need to be recessed into the back of the piece, and i used a forstner bit to remove the majority of this area and then cleaned it up with a chisel just to make it fit nicely after the edges of the keyhole hanger fit. I also drilled out an area for the screw that will protrude from the wall during mounting once everything fit nicely. I attached the keyhole hangers to the piece with a few screws. Next, i glued the magnets into place using five minute epoxy. I didn’t spend some time. Sanding the edges of the piece which had a little bit of burning, probably due to me running the router at too high of an rpm and the last pieces of hardware to install, were the coat hooks. Once again, i laid out the locations using a square.
Then pre-drilled the holes and then attached one screw in each coat hook. Next, i used my square to straighten them all out and then mark the location of the other hole pre-drilling it as well. With all the hardware installed, i sanded the piece up to 220 grit and then applied three coats of spray polyurethane finish. I really love the way. This finish brings out the grain in this walnut veneer plywood and, with the finish applied, the key holder was done all right. Hopefully you guys enjoyed this one.
This was a really fun simple project kind of a great beginner cnc project. I also had to change the bits a couple times during the operation, so that’s a good skill to have if you’re getting acquainted with the cnc, so hopefully you guys enjoyed. If you did, please go check out my youtube channel. I got a lot more projects like this. There i put out new project videos every tuesday, so you can go ahead and get subscribed there and stay tuned for more videos from me on the make channel. You .