Hey guys,

Here's another hook I made for my wife's plants. I made it from 1/4" round bar. Let me know what you think.

I just posted the pic above. How do I resize it, it's way too big!

I usually use a program called Irfanview. http://www.irfanview.com/ It's freeware. You can do a lot of things with it. Under "options" use "Resample/Resize".

Hope it helps.

Rubén

For web pics I use a old version of Paint Shop Pro to resize.
The pic you posted has a pixel size of 3648 x 2736, using 1.92mb.
A pixel width of 1280 usually works fine for most web sites.
Just remember to "SAVE AS" and asign it a new name so you don't mess up the orriginal.

Here is you pic resized to 1280 x 960

Cool, thanks a lot

A nice start but I try to make the taper as smooth as possible before I "hook" it. How big a plant do you think a 1/4" round bar will support when cantilevered out like that?

It must be a very small plant, but that hook does look nice. Good work.

It's a small plant, I figured it wouldn't hold anything with alot of weight. Thanks

Nice hook for a little guy. when I was looking at the picture, it occured to me that the drive point on most "standard" drive hooks are roughly perpendicular to, or angled a little down from perpendicular to the vertical base of the hook. Would it not be better for a longish hook like the one you made to have the drive point actually angle a little upwards from perpendicular? even with a little bit of upward curve on the drive point.

sorry for the crude drawing.

Nice hook for a little guy. when I was looking at the picture, it occured to me that the drive point on most "standard" drive hooks are roughly perpendicular to, or angled a little down from perpendicular to the vertical base of the hook. Would it not be better for a longish hook like the one you made to have the drive point actually angle a little upwards from perpendicular? even with a little bit of upward curve on the drive point.

sorry for the crude drawing.

Tried one like that. Was harder to drive it in.
Ken

Nice looking hook! Whats with the store bought "S" hook? Go ahead and make yourself a "S" hook would look better.

Nice hook for a little guy. when I was looking at the picture, it occured to me that the drive point on most "standard" drive hooks are roughly perpendicular to, or angled a little down from perpendicular to the vertical base of the hook. Would it not be better for a longish hook like the one you made to have the drive point actually angle a little upwards from perpendicular? even with a little bit of upward curve on the drive point.

sorry for the crude drawing.

Thanks, I can't believe it didn't dawn on me to angle it up. I'll give it a shot

Nice looking hook! Whats with the store bought "S" hook? Go ahead and make yourself a "S" hook would look better.

Yeah, the store bought came with the planter but I've made a few.