I just send it to start making some stands for my fossils.
This is my first one. It's a very simple one.
I bought some brass rod at the craft store and decide it it was way too flimsy and not up to the task.
so I went into the closet and pulled out a coat hanger that had plenty of patina on it.
None of their decided coat hangers to the right materials I did a post on Facebook asking for people's old hangers. I'm going to cut all the straight portions of the hangers and keep them and toss out the rest. Soon I will be swimming in free wire to make fossil stands. And the older coat hangers have better color to them and brand new brass. You can get the pre-cut wood plaques and hobby lobby or Michaels for about $0.75.
I very lightly staind the wood because I'm one of the possible to stand out.
You can easily make these for under a dollar apiece without even having to cut the wood.
Next will be time to see winter coat hanger solder together very well for more intricate stands.