My Toht CoatHanger using Barnett Tutorial

SchubroProductions

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Here is the my finished Toht coathanger using BarnettCollege's great tutorial. It turned out better than I expected. Big thanks to BarnettCollege for posting this awesome tutorial here over at the COW.

tohthanger.jpg
 
What did you use for the tubing? I was going to raid Home Depot this weekend, but I don't recall them having anything closer than 1/2-inch copper pipe.
 
SchubroProductions said:
I used 1/2 inch aluminum tubing from Lowe's.
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I'll have to go to my local Lowe's tomorrow, as the closest thing Home Depot had was copper pipe and conduit, which would be much too heavy.

I was able to find some springs, but I'll have to trim two of them to make the shorter springs and join another two sections to make the long spring. I also couldn't find a perfectly matching chain or steel wire, so hopefully Lowe's will have what I need.

Was the aluminum tube stock in a special section?
 
^ I'll have to add Ace to my list. I found some chain that is the right size, but the links have a helical twist on them, so it's not quite SA. Then again, it was only $0.50/foot, so I might just use it anyway as I'm a cheapskate.

For the round rings, I'm experimenting with latching book rings I picked up from OfficeMax.
 
^ Thanks! I'll try to snag some at Lowe's tomorrow. Oddly I could only find copper wire at Home Depot.
 
^ And the local Lowe's (well, not exactly "local" as it was 14 miles away) had pretty much everything I needed. I'll need to join some shorter springs and will substitute some chain links as I couldn't quite find exactly the right style, but the project is a go. :)
 
And here's mine. I shortened the chain as the hanger was a bit droopy otherwise and used quick links for the chain and book rings at the hook.

toht-coat-hanger.jpg
 
SchubroProductions said:
Here is the my finished Toht coathanger using BarnettCollege's great tutorial. It turned out better than I expected. Big thanks to BarnettCollege for posting this awesome tutorial here over at the COW.

tohthanger.jpg
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I would like to craft an authentic Gestapo Major Arnold Ernst Toht folding coat hanger. If the tubes you used are Lowes 1/2" aluminum tubes, what size is the short center bottom tube? What size chain links did you use? What size springs did you use? My email address (jlenza@stny.rr.com) Thank you for your help. Blondie
 
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