Hose Reel Mounting Bracket -- Tight Clearance

[bimmer1980]

Over the last few weeks I've been working on a hose reel bracket to mount a large hose reel at the front center of the garage. The hose reel will site between the two front garage doors and has to clear the door tracks. I recessed the hose reel up in to the truss bay....

The first step was to shear out some pieces of steel on the Piranha Iron Worker. Luckily I had some steel left over from another project.

Then I punched some holes and changed out to the press brake. I bent the two offset flanges.



Time for a check of how it was progressing:

[bimmer1980]

Next up was some drilling at tapping of holes for mounting the hose reel to the bracket. I didn't get any pictures of that process. Altho here is a video of tapping holes from one of my other projects:

Then it was on to welding it together. I used my Hobart Beta-Mig that I got on craigslist awhile back. It's a bit of a tank, but it seems to work well for heavy welding... it beats the Century 110 flux core welder....

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After the welding was done, I sandblasted it and then painted it.

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[bimmer1980]

Since it was a used hose reel, I did some light cleanup before installation. I also had to thread a hose into it and clamp it appropriately.

[bimmer1980]

Finally it was on to the installation prep...

I like to use these special lag screws for mounting steel to wood structures.

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[bimmer1980]

After some "challenges" I was able to get the hose reel mounted....

I was able to get the hose reel to hang on one piece of unistrut and then insert the second one on the other side.

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I still need to put the cover on it, then the hose stopper before I can hook up the supply line.

[DIYer]

Thanks bimmer1980! We've added your Hose Reel Bracket to our Storage and Organization category,
as well as to your builder page: bimmer1980's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Hose Reel Bracket by bimmer1980

tags: reels, mount, hose