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Bike Wall Mount, SUPER HANDY!

by Johnny Wikk

I needed a bike rack and came up with this.

If you want to watch the video check out the ol' youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NQ9S2y85i0&t=6s

This was a fun project and it works really well. I use it consistently. The Process of figuring out how to make the
hands was great and would consider making some coat hangers that are similar.

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Step 1: Tools Needed.

Band saw

Hand saw

Sand paper (Bench top sander is easier for some parts, but not necessary)

Table saw

Dowels x 12

Glue

Finish

Paint

2 Keyhole hangers

Pocket hole jig, or something to make sure the dowels are going in straight

Step 2: Starting With the Hands

I used two chunks of wood for the hands

Wood size: 3.5" x 3.5" X 5.5'

-After drawing out the shape, cut the spaces between the fingers at about 5-6mm each on the bandsaw

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Step 3:

-Cut out the side profile of the hand, make sure to measure your bike and make the area that holds the frame 1/8" -
1/4" bigger then the top bar of the bike frame.

-The second step I missed in the video and it involves cutting away the rest of the palm besides the thumb, you
can do this with a hand saw

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Step 4: Finishing

Basically sand everything down to 220 grit and use whatever finish you like. I used a Poly Finish

-use a thin piece of wood wrapped in sand paper to smooth out between the fingers.

-use a rounded piece of wood to sand between the thumb and the fingers

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Step 5: The Wall Mount

The wall mount is made with wood that I had laying hand made the bike sit 8" off the wall.
around.
I used a pocket hole jig by milescraft to get the dowel
Back panel: 9" x 9" holes in the right place.

Horizontal piece: 6" x 11.5" Its important to make sure **If I were to do this again I would have made the
the bike is far enough away from the wall so the back panel a at least a bit thicker.
pedals don't hit the wall. The 6" plus the depth of the

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Step 6: Mounting the Hands

Mount the hands using the pocket hole jig and dowels.

Do some extra measurements here because the last thing you want is for the hands to be a little off.

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Step 7: Hanging

I wanted the mount to lay flush against the wall so I embed two Keyhole Hangers, one on the top and one on the
bottom.

Step 8: Finished

I added a little support, just for some security.

And we're done!

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Step 9:

Well, I have to hand it to you, this wood be super useful for me.
See what I did there? hand, wood haha nice work
haha! I did see what you did and it was impressive :)

Nice

thanks dude

This is it! It's everything I need! Awesome project!

Thanks a whole bunch! I appreciate that! You planning to build it?

Yes, when I get a wall to hang it on! I'm in between places, but my bike deserves this.

You make it look so easy, thanks. I wonder about turning that shelf that gaps the bike away from
the wall into a drawer or stuff box to hold bike gloves or other essentials that you take on a ride. I
think one of those hands could hold a helmet.
Yeah that would be very handy, because at this point I can really only store my bike light and keys
up there.

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Very cute!

Thanks a bunch!

I voted for this. It is simple, useful and whimsical.

The three best things eh? :)

Very simple, very clean. I like it a lot, so I voted for it.

My wood working skills are woefully inadequate, but I do have access to a CNC router, so I might
give that a go ... :-)
Oh yeah, Id love to see an CNC version of this :) Keep me posted on that!

Clever design, looks great. I'm pretty sure a version of this will be added to the tool wall in my shop
for holding a sledge hammer or two...
Awesome!, please please send me pics!

very nice instructable, will do this!! Which bandsaw did you use?

I used the budget ryobi one because that is all I had I designed the hands that size because I could
fit nothing larger through the saw :)
That is a very good question. This design is a bit under-built but I have been hanging my bike on it
every day so that is good. I think if the back board was a 1/2" thicker it could support alot more, but
then again, it just ned to support a bike.
That’s 5.5” not 5.5’ I think for the block lengths. Need to buy me some tomorrow at HD. This is
much sweeter than that ugly grey metal fold-down hook attached to my garage wall that I got from
Kmart before they went out of business. I plan to build one.
Wow really impressive instructables!!!... Cool!!

Love it! Well done, it's nice to see a project that doesn't start "turn on your laser cutter and cnc
router"! :-)

I love it! Nicely done : )

Thanks yo! Appreciate your kind words

great design!

Thanks!! I’m excited to make some othe types of hand hangers as well :)

Молодец !

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