Initial pipe hanger.
Straightening out the initial factory bends.
Flattened out
Put in vice for first bend [bending both legs over 90 degrees]
Here are legs bent at 90 degrees.
Put in vice oriented for another 90 degree bend which provides standoff space from the cabinet door.
Here the standoff bend is complete.
Now for making a place for the screw and washer. The standoff is placed at the lowest point in the vice jaws to give roughly 1/2" of height to top of bend. Note the orientation of the piece in the vice; it is done this way to bend the piece inward.
Here I made a quick attempt at including the factory bend by hammering over a small metal tube. That doesn't turn out well as the pic after this one shows. Showing this just as a reminder of what not to do. The vertical piece on the right hand side of the tube is what we will end up bending over.
The factory bend point is weak after straightening it; which is why I wouldn't plan on including that in the final result. Fortunately, there is an adequate amount remaining prior to the factory bend (shown broken below). If it didn't break off, we end up cutting it over later. At this point we bend the remaining piece over inward.
Here is the bend we end up with.
Here is the part with the right hand hook which we will put a screw through.
Bending other side over for the other hook.
Here I am making the final bend.
Here is the rough result; still need to trim off the excess.
Bolt cutters did an ok job most of the time to trim off the excess from the hook area. The wire used was a bit springy and slightly difficult to cut cleanly with these cutters at least.
Here is final result mounted to lower cabinet door,
Had room to hang roughly 1 large and 2 small lids on each side. Used #8 x 5/8" brash screws and brass decorative washers.
*****WARNING: These are raised panel doors; I had to make sure I didn't put a screw into the thin section since the screws would easily penetrate the thin area.
I don't know yet whether these will fully hold up over time. With more effort I would likely try to keep a little more leg area in the screw hook section which help reduce the forces rocking the screw.
My son did a wonderful job helping prototype the first bracket and was immensely helpful. He also came up with the idea to use the same basic item but upside down for some of our lids which don't have knobs like above but have open areas in the handle which the inverted V part can go through. I plan to try that on the inside wall of the cabinet for a couple lids.
Hope you enjoyed!
God Bless!
Scott
