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I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by jackdoe »

I just love the maker's mind.

> I want something that does not exist, I will make it.

Making things has never been so accessible, if you don't know how to start, join a community and ask, if they are hostile, just ask chatgpt and start from there.

3d printers are 200$, esp32 is the same cost as arduino nano.

Want to make AI things? Make them. Want to make coat hangers? Make them. Want to make a book stand? Make it.

I have few bank PCBs, and every day I hold one and I ask it 'what do you want to be?' and just wait and listen, it doesn't tell me, so I make it into what I want, and then try again the next day.

As David Lynch says, ideas are very quiet, you have to learn how to listen, so far I have not heard one, but maybe some day..

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by dan-robertson »

ehnto wrote: post #169
killerpopiller wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thought about it as well but if the rod is attached to a plank on the wall the clothes are 1cm away from the wall allowing for some air circulation. Btw, there is an alternative solution, a hanger where the hook can spin, so one can hang clothes diagonally, nearly flat. Hers looks nicer on the wall though.

I find coathangers comically cumbersome, if they could spin willy nilly I just might give up and store my shirts in draw. I already just fold and stack most everything else, the only thing I bother hanging is button down shirts.

Basically any coat hanger not made of wire or a single plastic part has a rotatable hook. There’s usually enough friction that they won’t normally spin.

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by fxtentacle »

jackdoe wrote: post #181

I just love the maker's mind. > I want something that does not exist, I will make it. Making things has never been so accessible, if you don't know how to start, join a community and ask, if they are hostile, just ask chatgpt and start from there. 3d printers are 200$, esp32 is the same cost as arduino nano. Want to make AI things? Make them. Want to make coat hangers? Make them. Want to make a book stand? Make it. I…

To me, this really shows that marketing is now the most crucial skill. It has become easy and affordable to design products, the process is now almost fully commodified with all those OEM and production services. The only thing that now stands between your idea and financial success is your ability to reach the target market, i.e. marketing.

Also, such a slick KickStarter campaign typically costs $10k plus ad spend if you buy it from an agency. Roughly 25% of the final price will be marketing and ads. I know because I've seen first hand that you need a 3400% mark-up on the production costs to profitably sell bikinis in the US.

These hangers will also likely cost <$0.1 to make at scale. It's the initial investments into CNCed molds and the upfront marketing that determine the price.

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by jack_riminton »

morsch wrote: post #149
Zanni wrote: post #63

I came across the Kickstarter [1] for this as a Facebook ad and passed over it for all the reasons folks are citing below. Folding hanger? What's the use case? But watching the video, she's really put a lot of thought into this. The system with the paired rod is pretty slick. I love the notches for keeping the hangers spaced. This solves a problem not everyone has (not me, for instance--I have full-size closets), but…

The notched rod looks neat, but isn't rifling through the clothes on the rack kind of an essential part of the experience? Can't do that with a notched rod. First time I'm illustrating a comment with stock footage: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/studio-shot-of-hand...

I think the idea is in a large part aimed at van-lifers, so a notched rod could be quite beneficial

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by pknerd »

fxtentacle wrote: post #183
jackdoe wrote: post #181

I just love the maker's mind. > I want something that does not exist, I will make it. Making things has never been so accessible, if you don't know how to start, join a community and ask, if they are hostile, just ask chatgpt and start from there. 3d printers are 200$, esp32 is the same cost as arduino nano. Want to make AI things? Make them. Want to make coat hangers? Make them. Want to make a book stand? Make it. I…

To me, this really shows that marketing is now the most crucial skill. It has become easy and affordable to design products, the process is now almost fully commodified with all those OEM and production services. The only thing that now stands between your idea and financial success is your ability to reach the target market, i.e. marketing. Also, such a slick KickStarter campaign typically costs $10k plus ad spend i…

True. As a developer I could make any thing but don't know how to sell. People lik e peter levios can earn millions with a single index.php and SQLite by reading tutorials. And now gpt would make non programmer more free from devs.

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by bcraven »

ImageXav wrote: post #71
amanzi wrote: post #16

Looks so simple, but I guess that's a sign of good design. I was also surprised something like this didn't exist already. But my first thought was that it will almost certainly be cloned and sold en masse pretty quickly, so I hope she gets enough revenue from it to pay for her time.

This is an extremely useful design. I never thought I'd get excited about something like this but I recently moved to an old house with chimney flues running through every room, resulting in shallow alcoves that are of differing sizes. A fitted wardrobe would be pricey (~$4000), barely fit depthwise and half of the space would just be covering the flue if we wanted it wall to wall. On the other hand I can just buy 3/…

The other drawback is creasing all of your clothes.

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by georgesimon »

I was hoping this would be the coat hanger I have in my ideas bin for the last three years. I need a coat hanger that can be operated one-handed. (accessibility being invention's other mother) If her design could be easily folded with one hand, letting you insert it into the neck of a T-shirt, and then it automatically reopens by spring, I'd have comfy clothes.

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by dan-robertson »

CSMastermind wrote: post #47
lagt_t wrote: post #18

Those wire hangers are murder in clothes. You want thick wooden hangers that will last you a lifetime.

For anyone who wants the best hangers that money can buy, Kirby Allison is what you want: https://www.kirbyallison.com/pages/the-hanger-project-story

I think you can buy better hangers fwiw. In particular, more accurately sized for the jacket and with more shape around the collar. Though obviously ‘better’ is relative – if you’re hanging shirts or trousers you don’t need nearly as much shape.

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by trabant00 »

sirk390 wrote: post #180
BlindEyeHalo wrote: post #173

I really like her videos but I don't understand how this solves the problem in a better way than any of the obvious alternatives and it kind of bothers me that she doesn't address this at all in the video. All she does is say "there are no folding coat hangers on the market". The simplest thing would be to just get a hanger with a rotating hook and hang it at a ~45 degree angle and I don't see how her solution is bet…

I you hang them at 45 degree the depth will be reducted by sqrt(2). (about 0.7 x hanger length), and you will lose space on each side. And the more you increase the angle, the more you will lose space on the sides. With this technique, you will reduce the depth to 0.5 x hanger length and not lose space on the side.

With this solution you lose the most space on the side because of the notched rod. The notches have to be wide enough for a the thickest stuff, but then a shirt will take as much space as thick coat.

If your goal is to save as much depth as possible the solution is obviously front to back direction rods, as opposed to side to side. There's plenty of options available from retractable ones to wall mounted ones that don't require a closet and so on.

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