Wrestling Medal Hanger

[courtym74]

Did up this hanger for a friend's son.  1/2 inch birch ply. 19 inches tall. I added another strip to the back of the areas where the medals will hang just to make sure it doesn't sag over time.  Used a French cleat setup for mounting. Glued and screwed that in for reinforcement.  Having it bumped out like that also had the unintended benefit of making it easier to hang the medals without having to take the whole thing down to add another one. 

[don in brooklin on]

That is a really cool idea.  I have made a lot of ribbon racks for various sports and this is a great.  I have always used dowels or shaker pegs but this looks a lot easier.(and cheaper)

Never thought of French cleat might have to steal the idea.

Thanks for posting- Well done.

 

 

 

[Denny Knappen]

Mighty fine cutting.  Never into wrestling, but in high school, I did wrestle a state champion.  He was 20 pounds lighter than me.  Of course I got pinned.

[rjweb]

Excellent job, RJ

[Charlie E]

Very nice!  I’ve made lots of running medal hangers using mug hooks. Yours is way cooler! 

[courtym74]

Thanks all for the kind words. Denny a friend of mine was a state wrestler in high school as well. He hated when we would square up because even though we weighed the same I was about a foot taller and was used to wrestling my 60 pound heavier (all muscle) five year older than me brother.  He never could tie me up.  Would always say "Damn it's like trying to wrestle wet spaghetti with how long your arms and legs are." (I'm 6'6")

[heppnerguy]

great idea. I love originality, yours is great

Dick

heppnerguy