How To Hang Two Oars On The Wall

Cut down oarlocks make terrific brackets for decorative oars and keep the nautical theme consistent.

How to hang two oars on the wall.

First make a template for each oar then mark hole positions same for both templates. After hammering out hundreds of pairs of boat oar hooks i have some tips and tricks for how to hang oars on a wall. Here s how to hang the oars like a pro clean without visible har. You can hang oars on a wall in two basic ways.

How to hang boat oars on the wall without drilling holes into them. But if you ve tried it you ll see that it requires a bit more thought than just forming the letter x on a wall with your paddles. We used this method in our old kitchen when we hung the oars over the window. I ve used small picture hooks and they work a treat.

Materials nylon cable ties clear plastic fasteners. Measure your oars to find your hook width. Use the template to mark the hole positions on the oars. Visible brackets hold an oar like a curtain rod.

Each row will consist of 2 hooks separated by a distance slightly less than the length between your oar s handle and paddle. My name is terran marks and i m the blacksmith at brown county forge. There wasn t a lot of space to hang the oar down. Hanging oars with cable ties.

To hang oars or paddles on the wall like this does require to drill two holes in each oar see arrows. So for this method you want to measure where you want the oar and drill into the wall. A t first the way to hang oars or paddles in an x shape might seem like it would be pretty obvious. Command strips don t work.

Squirt a small amount of wood glue into the wall and oar holes. Mark your preferred hanging arrangement on the wall. If you want to hang your oars horizontally for instance you ll want to use 4 hooks in two level parallel rows. If you have an oar to hang here s how i would do it.

Drill the holes to the size of the threaded stud we used 3 inch long 1 4 thick. How to hang oars on a wall in 4 steps.