Homemade hat stand

[indycop]

I could not figure out any where else to put this so I went ahead and started a new thread. After seeing those coffin hat stands for western hats , and how much they cost I decided to try and make my own. I still need to stain it but I went ahead and put it together and tried my hand at woodburning while I was at it.
This is meant for my Adventurebilt but since it is away right now my Peters Bros. is doing the modeling! If this is not hideous then I want to do another one to hold a maltese falcon for a bogie hat.

 

[Mike in Seattle]

Now THAT is really cool! I love it!:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[indycop]

The staff of Ra headpiece was probably not the best choice for someone who has never used a woodburner before but it seemed the thing to do.

 

[RBH]

I love it!!!!
A great place for a Indiana Jones style hat!!!!
I know where your KotCS fedora will be when its not on your head!

 

[Colby Jack]

Well done IC

What brand of cigar did you use for the wood burning?
What a great job....I've got some ideas floating around for a hat stand, but nothong as nice as yours!:eusa_clap :eusa_clap
CJ

 

[bolthead]

Great Job Indy...

Very original.....

 

[Akubra Guy]

DefinItely Different!

 

[indycop]

What brand of cigar did you use for the wood burning?
CJ

lol lol :cool2: lol lol

 

[dostacos]

did you draw the headpiece first, then burn or did you go straight to freehand?

Dan

 

[indycop]

Drew it on with a pencil, then tried burning on the lines.

 

[deanglen]

Now that's the kind of creativity I love, InDCop! It's a beautiful job and impressive to say the least! You are 'The Man"!







dean

 

[SinatraStyle]

What a great idea. Each individual piece is already a converstion starter, then you put them all together nicely. Well done!

 

[John in Covina]

Super!

For some reason it seems to me, after you stain the coffin box you need to keeep a bottle of something in there! Great job!

 

[indycop]

Thanks fellas!! If I could find an empty bottle of the same brand indy was drinking in the Cairo scene that would fit perfectly!

 

[BrotherBob]

Some pictures...

...for the "I made this" thread.

I think V. Betty mentioned that she also had trouble with the hooks on hat racks being too close together.

Well, I fixed that out here at Hundevald. (I think that's Dog Woods in German). Put 'em in my hallway. Real simple design. Black lacquer on yellow pine w/ brass hooks. The width of the wood helps maintain the front of the brim.

South wall. Parallax effect makes front page of "Look" with The Beatles and my Dad look crooked. They're not.

North wall.

Detail.

 

[Vintage Betty]

Brilliant!

::: gulp :::

Is the head from the last person who didn't compliment you?

::: another gulp :::

 

[fatwoul]

Hey IC the stand looks cool. You know the only thing I could think of that would finish it off? You can get these little battery operated tea lights:

If you get the right ones, they flicker (some do, some don't) and because they are just LED, they don't get hot, and they are very safe.

I'm wondering if you couldn't put one of those under the skull. You might need to raise it slightly, but a little piece of wood with a round hole for the tealight should do that.

That way, when the room is dim, the skull would glow, as if illumated by an unseen candle. Might look kinda spooky and cool.

 

[Colby Jack]

That would be a cool idea...but maybe a small whole in the back...that way the tealight would be hidden from view. Just my thoughts. Or would a taser fit in there?

Hey IC the stand looks cool. You know the only thing I could think of that would finish it off? You can get these little battery operated tea lights:

If you get the right ones, they flicker (some do, some don't) and because they are just LED, they don't get hot, and they are very safe.

I'm wondering if you couldn't put one of those under the skull. You might need to raise it slightly, but a little piece of wood with a round hole for the tealight should do that.

That way, when the room is dim, the skull would glow, as if illumated by an unseen candle. Might look kinda spooky and cool.

 

[indycop]

lol VB , I guess I could have explained the skull for any not into indy stuff! The emblem is the headpiece from raiders and the skull is for the title of the new movie coming next May, Kingdom of the Crystal skull.lol

Fats, Do you have a link for those type lights?

 

[BrotherBob]

Please, God....

Make that a typo.

What a great job....I've got some ideas floating around for a hat stand, but nothong as nice as yours!

Radio Shack has a bag of LEDs real cheap the are different colors. The possibilities are endless. The have a skirt at the wire end slightly bigger than the barrel. A bit the size of the "barrel" and some clear, silicone caulk and skinny wire and a AAA battery holder and you can just go nuts.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/i...&cp=2032058.2032233.2032298&parentPage=family