Hi all,
We purchased a new hose reel from Eley.
They are really nice hose reels. They come with a bracket that can be face mounted to the wall.
I did not want to mount it to the house as I wanted a specific unwind direction. You can order a separate post mounting bracket but why?, It was more fun to make my own modifications.
I had lying around a 6' section of 4" x 4" square steel tube, some 3/16" x 3" L angle
And some scrap 1/2" steel plate with a lot of holes drilled in it.
Here are few pictures of the progress so far.
Mounting brackets
Reel clamped in temporary position. Final reel position will be rotated 90 degrees on post.
Post Wil be notched to allow water feed line to enter post and then exit second slot at bottom of post to conceal feed hose.
The scrap plate was used to make a two piece cap. The cap consists of a square piece of 1/2" steel plate with a hand forged secondary cap.
That secondary cap was plug welded to the 1/2" bottom cap through a slot milled into bottom cap plate.
This allowed me to avoid having any noticeable connection points.
I will post again once it is complete.
I have a bit of water line plumbing to do next.
Rick
We purchased a new hose reel from Eley.
They are really nice hose reels. They come with a bracket that can be face mounted to the wall.
I did not want to mount it to the house as I wanted a specific unwind direction. You can order a separate post mounting bracket but why?, It was more fun to make my own modifications.
I had lying around a 6' section of 4" x 4" square steel tube, some 3/16" x 3" L angle
And some scrap 1/2" steel plate with a lot of holes drilled in it.
Here are few pictures of the progress so far.
Mounting brackets
Reel clamped in temporary position. Final reel position will be rotated 90 degrees on post.
Post Wil be notched to allow water feed line to enter post and then exit second slot at bottom of post to conceal feed hose.
The scrap plate was used to make a two piece cap. The cap consists of a square piece of 1/2" steel plate with a hand forged secondary cap.
That secondary cap was plug welded to the 1/2" bottom cap through a slot milled into bottom cap plate.
This allowed me to avoid having any noticeable connection points.
I will post again once it is complete.
I have a bit of water line plumbing to do next.
Rick
