Things Needed
Garden hoses can become tangle when leave alone to sit on the ground in an unsightly sight . This led to the creation of hose reels to halt hose neatly off the ground . commercial-grade reels can be expensive and may not accommodate the length of your garden hosepipe . An alternative is to make your own garden hose reel from wood and PVC pipe . This project takes or so an hour to complete .
Step 1
Set up one of the boards between the two vice . Measure from both ends of the 12 - inch side of the board to the center . Mark the center . Cut a set through the snapper with the scroll see to a diameter of 2 inch . duplicate for the second control panel . This defecate the two conclusion of the reel .
Step 2
utilise epoxy glue to one goal of a PVC pipe . enclose the coated end of the pipe into the golf hole on one of the wooden reel last . Place the display panel on the priming coat with the pipe sticking up . Allow this to dry . Apply epoxy to the undefended end of pipe . arrange the pipework through the maw of the 2d board . Turn the whole assembly over so that the 2nd board is on the background with the pipe sticking up . Allow this to dry . Have the two card parallel to each other .
Step 3
Drill a hole into the pipe near the wooden Virginia reel remainder rest on the land . The cakehole should be between the two wooden end . Screw the hook into this trap . This becomes the bearer for the hose .
Step 4
Dig a 12 - inch jam into the soil near the piddle supply for the garden hosepipe . Put the dowel into the hole . Set the dowel straight up . Fill in soil around the joggle and press the scandal directly around the dowel .
Step 5
slew the other piece of pipe over the joggle . Let the pipework end rest on the earth . Set up the other pipework with the forest attached so the hole slides over the joggle . Slide the second tube down to the first pipework . The second tobacco pipe will rest on top of the first tobacco pipe . line up the hook so that the open end of the crook face north .
Step 6
confiscate the hosepipe to the water system origin . Hook the other end of the hose onto the hook at the reel . call on the Scottish reel to twine up the hosepipe around it . Wind the hose around the bobbin using the hook to hold the hosiery to the bobbin . Start the hose at the bottom and crop up . Layer the hose over itself at the top and start back down if you have a foresighted hosiery . The hook will be cross up by the hose .
Tip
Use a alloy dowel pin for stronger performance and enduringness .
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