A novel workshop hook for your jacket or cloths

[hwmrob]

This is a fun project to make from some scrap steel, the hook is a useful addition to our workshop and will get people talking as they try to figure out how it works

[DIYer]

Thanks hwmrob! We've added your Shop Hook to our Miscellaneous category,
as well as to your builder page: hwmrob's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Shop Hook by hwmrob

tags: holding

[BuffaloJohn]

I knew exactly what this was and how it works.

Why?

Because we have something like this in the laundry room magnetically attached to the washing machine:



It's two pieces of wood glued together with a curved sloped slot for a marble. If you look closely, you can see the wood seam where it is glued together:



And the marble rolls up and down to hold the towel:



We have had this for at least 30 years... what is old is new...

[hwmrob]

Hi BuffaloJohn, You're absolutely right - there's not much new in the world....., great pictures of your hook and thanks for sharing them. Thanks for watching our video.

[rgsparber]

Looks like a good candidate for 3D printing. Should be able to drop in the steel ball while printing so no assembly would be needed.

[hwmrob]

Rick, That sound like a plan - I think it'd work well in 3D printed format.

[Philip Davies]

This is neat. I thought while watching it would be good to make, and thought, in wood, since some steels will stain damp cloth and I did not think I could get a neat bend in stainless. Thank you, both.