at work we have a surplus of hardware that came from crates, either holding the crates together or holding the contents in place. i found two bolts that were the same and a broken drip stand in the scrap box. i drilled two little holes into the head of the bolt and welded the drip stand hooks to the head of the bolt. and painted the welded area, rust is cool but destructive. i like the cool, not the destructive...
to connect the hooks to the sign i drilled a hole from the top as long as the bolt is. perpendicular to this hole i used the same size drill to make a slot that could take the nut. drilled it just deep enough so the nut would closely line up to the bolt shaft drilled before. slip the nut in the slot and fasten the whole deal together.
i made a little bracket from off-cut scraps i found in my scrap box at home, and hooked a chain in there.
the sign is about 200mm from the wall so it clears the tool wall nicely to retain access to the tools etc. so there. done and dusted.
next project got lined up for me yesterday. i have wooden window frames and i need to do some maintenance on the one which involves giving it an annual coat of varnish, and this time repairing some holes where the screws holding the latches are pulling out the wood. maybe i'll put a bit of that up here too...
