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   oldusty | Sep 01, 2008 05:30pm | #1

   jp , Sorry , can't give you a named source but try a hotel supply .
              seems like the hangers come off the hooks , Google "clothes hangers"

                                dusty

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   stantheman | Sep 01, 2008 11:54pm | #2

   jpfields

   Seems I saw them in either Rockler or Lee Valley catalogs.  Came with a template for the wood hanger portion.

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   Jamie_Buxton | Sep 02, 2008 12:45am | #3

   Why make the hook portion from metal?   Why not make it from wood?   Yes, there's the short-grain issue if you just cut a thin profile out of a plank, but there's ways around it.   You could make the hook much broader than the metal ones; you have the whole width of a human's neck to use.   Or you could laminate wood with crossed grains, so you don't have short-grain anywhere.  Or you could make the hook from three straight pieces of wood with joinery -- say bridle joints -- fastening them together.    That'd look really cool, and certainly wouldn't look like something you bought at Crate&Barrel.

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   oldusty | Sep 02, 2008 02:33am | #4

   Jamie , That would be cool say , 3 thin strips laminated in a continuous hanger shape , plenty strong imo .

               dusty

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   philip | Sep 02, 2008 10:45am | #5

   Is the one pictured too plain? If not , it is easy to make . I used 4mm nail wire for the hook (Nail wire is stiffer than ordinary wire) and threaded the end for a nut and washer. The washer is an interference fit inside the hanger.if you want to make many then a jig is used to bend the hooks.
   Are they to be cranked or flat?
   The trick was to make them (about 9000) as fast as possible with minimal labour. There is more to the humble clothes hangar than meets the eye.

   Philip Marcou

   
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   dkellernc | Sep 02, 2008 07:29pm | #6

   Another idea would be to make them out of brass rod (available in just about any size from the local hardware store).  You'd probably want to build a jig to get them reasonably uniform, then just drill the hole through the wooden part of the hanger, insert the shaft of the hook, and pein the end flat with a hammer to prevent it from coming back out.

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   DonfromUtah | Sep 02, 2008 08:18pm | #7

   I knew I had seen these somewhere - good to know the memory still works!  Here you go: http://www.meiselwoodhobby.com/Products/ViewProduct.aspx?ID=11214&Path=2998