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Title: Ideas to make my hose reel swivell.?
Post by: geefree on September 12, 2010, 10:05:02 am: Hi,

I have my metal reel bolted to my van floor at the rear doors,

i am just looking at ideas to make it swivell, as the hose sometimes gets trapped on the reel at tight angles,

i am going to use two peices of mdf, with a bolt through the centre of both,..the bottom piece will be fixed securely to the van floor, and the top piece will be free to spin, with a couple of large washers seperating the two pieces.,

Then i will screw the reel to the top piece and it should spin,

Has anyone else done something similar?

Any more ideas welcome please.

Thanks.
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Post by: geefree on September 12, 2010, 10:38:01 am: oh well off to b and q then ;)
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Post by: d s windowcleaning on September 12, 2010, 11:43:50 am: hey up mate
there was a topic a few months ago where a swivel computor monitor base had been used cant remember but i think it was jeff who did this
dave
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Post by: tomy jackson on September 12, 2010, 11:54:16 am: mdf wont stand up to it
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Post by: SPE on September 12, 2010, 12:42:04 pm: Quote from: tomy jackson on September 12, 2010, 11:54:16 am
mdf wont stand up to it
yeah, use ply, much better and varnish it
but its a good idea and should work, put a skateboard bearing between the two washers also.
Simon
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Post by: paul saunders on September 12, 2010, 12:55:59 pm: Use a lazy susan ;)
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Post by: p1w1 on September 12, 2010, 03:27:44 pm: Quote from: d s windowcleaning on September 12, 2010, 11:43:50 am
hey up mate
there was a topic a few months ago where a swivel computor monitor base had been used cant remember but i think it was jeff who did this
dave

wasn't it the bottom of a swivel chair cant remember
paul
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Post by: AuRavelling79 on September 12, 2010, 05:55:19 pm: My reel is bolted to a piece of wood running over the top of my tank (I've insulated it with ply, space blanket and polystyrene foam.)

The reel is as far back as possible but just letting the van doors shut.

I then have a piece of 4 x 2 by about half a metre long running right in the middle of the hose reel but underneath and protruding to the farthest point that lets the doors shut.

I then have a 4" door hinge screwed into the end of this 4 x 2 with another piece of 4 x 2 about 18" long hanging down. This has a 4" screw in each side at the extremity wrapped with gaffer tape.

If I have an angle that is sharp for the hose I put the hose under one of the screws and pull it out so that it forms an angle that takes the hose beyond the hose reel edges and beyond the door hinges of the van.

When the hose is reeled in the 18" piece of 4 x 2 that is hinged drops down to let me shut the doors.

About a year ago I had a 3 x 1 hinge but it broke after about 9 months. I have just replaced it with the 4" hinge because it is so useful at acute angles.
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Post by: john tomkins on September 12, 2010, 06:13:53 pm: Seems interesting Gold, any chance of a pic please
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Post by: jouk45 on September 12, 2010, 06:24:41 pm: i dont use a hose reel, but if i did, am sure i could make it swivel using this in the link, http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p29715
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Post by: s.w.c on September 12, 2010, 08:27:44 pm: gaz try this on fleabay item number 130429739601
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Post by: geefree on September 12, 2010, 09:08:04 pm: Thanks guys,

i did it !.

and used small castors between the 2 round pieces of 9 mm mdf.... with a bolt through the centre,

Then screwed my reel to the top on.

bingo.

;)
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Post by: Blue Frog Systems on September 12, 2010, 09:19:49 pm: any any pics gazza ?
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Post by: geefree on September 12, 2010, 09:38:57 pm: (http://)
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Post by: s.w.c on September 12, 2010, 09:46:37 pm: no image there gaz
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Post by: geefree on September 12, 2010, 09:48:22 pm: i dont know how to do it ???
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Post by: bobby p on September 12, 2010, 09:50:31 pm: i use www.mypictr.com, this reduces yer foto size so it will upload on here
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Post by: Dave Willis on September 12, 2010, 10:00:38 pm: One suggestion was to use the base of a captains chair like the have in camper vans.
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Post by: geefree on September 15, 2010, 07:17:31 pm: quote author=Gazzasp8 link=topic=108208.msg922410#msg922410 date=1284411691]
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Post by: Jeff Brimble on September 15, 2010, 07:21:09 pm: Load it up to Photo bucket -works on here.