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Nemesismachine
05-29-2011, 02:19 PM
Got a Harbor Freight hose reel YEARS ago. When my wife and I moved into our house, my father gave it to me, citing now that I have my own garage I needed to hang it. Got to looking on Garage Journal and a couple people have theirs mounted a little different, and I saw this engineering masterpiece.

My ceiling joists are 24"OC, leaving about 22.5" of space between them. I had some extra L channel, and got to measuring. This is what I came up with:

http://thisideup.com/other/reel/reel02.JPG

There's 2 sets of holes in case I need to relocate the reel further away from anything. Welded all of it up, primed and painted with "hammered" textured black rattle can paint.

Lagged into the joists for stability...

http://thisideup.com/other/reel/reel03.JPG

And this is what I ended up with.

http://thisideup.com/other/reel/reel01.JPG

I plan on redoing the garage eventually, so I ran a temporary air line to it with quick disconnects. When it gets remodeled I'll have air lines in the ceiling so it doesn't look so tacky.

boost geek
05-29-2011, 04:02 PM
I have one very similar to that, they work great!

RoadWarrior222
05-29-2011, 04:05 PM
schweet. Does it have an inertia ratchet or something like?

Nemesismachine
05-30-2011, 10:25 AM
Yeah, pull down and it stops, pull a little more and it retracts. Just like a window shade.