How to Build Antler Pot Racks

Arrange two elk antlers with the main beams parallel and the brow tines facing up and out.

Join the two burrs (the end of the antler that flattens out at the base of the head) together by drilling through each burr with a high speed steel countersink drill bit, threading a 4 3/4-inch connector bolt through the holes and securing the bolt in place by screwing the cap nut onto the connector bolt.

Tint a small amount of wood glue with an appropriately colored wood stain and place the tinted wood glue in the bolt holes to hide the connecting hardware.

Place a third smaller or cut antler across the last forks on the joined antlers and secure it in place with a connector bolt installed through the smaller antler into the left and right connected antlers. Use the high speed steel countersink bit to pre-drill the holes, screw the bolts through the openings and screw the cap nuts onto the bolts.

Tint an additional amount of wood glue with an appropriately colored wood stain and place the tinted wood glue in the bolt holes to hide the additional connecting hardware.

Drill pilot holes, from the top of the assembly, at four inches from the ends of the two main antlers with a 1/4 inch drill bit.

Screw eye bolts, with the eye at the top of the assembly, into the four openings and install the four hanging chains onto the eye bolts.

Screw eight 1-inch eye bolts into the bottom of the antler pot rack, with the eyes at the bottom of the assembly, approximately four inches apart, and install S pot hooks through the eye bolts to hold your pots and pans.