A new way to handle ornaments

[Wichman]

Just sharing a new (that I know of) idea for dealing with lots of ornaments. Plastic coat hangers, with notches cut into the top of the hanger rail. For storage I cut notches ( SS #2 Olsen spiral, if I had them I use a #5 ) every 1/2", for dipping I'll only go 5 ornaments per hanger. For storage I have the hooks of the wire ornament hangers in line with each other, for dipping I have them at right angles.

I can get 25 ornaments per hanger for storage. I picked up some "miracle" hanger thingies. With the first package of 18 thingies I can store 525 ornaments easily. Tomorrow I'm going to pick up an inexpensive garment bag and see if I can transport the ornaments across town with it, hopefully without any damage.

[kmmcrafts]

That's a interesting idea... look forward to hearing how the transport goes. 

[jerry walters]

Wichita, I have used the hanger for drying fretwork cuttings but had an issue with different sizes sliding into each other. Never thought of cutting a notch into the hanger.  Simple but brilliant idea.  Thanks.

Like most of us storage of clamps has always been an issue.  Many ideas on the web how to store them.  I didn't want to take the time to make one.  Thought it was just a bit waste of time.  One day while shopping at Walmart I saw an old-fashioned current rod.  For less than a dollar I picked on up that extends to 4 feet. Perfect for hanging clamps of all kinds, except the heavy ones.

Maybe other villagers can post simple but useful solutions here.  

Jerry

Edited March 29 by jerry walters

[BadBob]

I hang mine from the edge of a wire shelf or off the fence rail on my Shopsmith. I use copper wire for the hanger, which I cut from a piece of heavy grounding strap.

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[Wichman]

So, I tried the garment bag. It worked well, no ornaments came loose after riding around in the truck for a couple of days.

     The style of garment bag that I used ( side zipper that came about 3/4 of the way up the side of the bag ), was not the style to use, I need to try one with the zipper that goes to the top of the side, or up the middle of the front.

Another change was to drill 3/32" holes in the hanger instead of notching the top.

When I loaded the hangers in the bag I placed T-shirts in-between each hanger with ornaments. I also use shawls to display shawl pins, so those could be used for padding as well.

[Norm Fengstad]

Good ideas thanks for sharing