Runners Bib and Medal Display Rack

Lasers Created With Laser
1

One of my wife’s coworkers is an avid race runner. She commissioned me to make her a display rack for her race bibs and medals.

Made from a piece of stained pine (1"x 3’ x 10") with custom lettering and bible verses laser engraved and cut from 1/8" baltic birch ply. Everything has a gloss lacquer finish. 56 brass L hooks (35mm) for hanging medals and another 2 to hang bibs.

image
image3729×2482 4.05 MB

image
image3903×1820 2.95 MB

Made and attached a French cleat for hanging the rack.

image
image3701×2045 2.94 MB

image
image2204×2892 1.64 MB

The holes for the L hooks were pre drilled using my drill press. To save time, and my fingertips, I started all the hooks a few turns by hand. I then chucked a small diameter eye hook into my cordless drill and used that to quickly and easily drive the hooks the rest of the way in.

image
image3024×4032 2.57 MB

2

Very nice! Clever idea to use the eye hook! Looks like a run away success! :wink:

3

Nicely done project!

Every new project deserves a new tool:

I use this for wing nuts and screw eyes…

@HalfNormal needs one of these!

4

Ah, cool. Got a couple of requests to make more of these display racks so I just ordered one. With the hex shank I can use my cordless screwdriver instead of the heavier drill.

5

I have a lot of old sockets I could just take a hacksaw to!

I do have one of these though