[Shop-talk] Air Hose Reel Rec

[eric at megageek.com]

I have a total of 8 reels in my shop.  They are different styles and price 
points.

The manual winding ones are far preferred when the reel is someplace that 
you can reach.  The automatic type constantly 'stack' the hose on one side 
and then you need to pull it out a little way and rewind it.

I do have one of the economy manual winding reel on the McMaster Carr 
page.  I had to replace a washer on it and it was easy.  The one thing 
about it that I don't like, is that with the arms sticking out, if you are 
winding the hose out in anything but a straight line, the hose will catch 
on them.  I would definitely prefer a model with the disc sides instead of 
the four arms.

FWIW, I do have a few cheapies from HF.  They all work now (one needed 
tweaking when I got it.)  They are holding up pretty well.  As a testament 
to one of them, it's mounted on my lift upright.  I raised the lift when 
the body was over the arm as it went up.  I stopped it after it took some 
crushing.  But the unit still works even though the body is messed up.

I try to turn my air lines off when I leave the shop.  I do have minor 
leaks in the system, but it's nothing that can be heard, and I'm not sure 
it's at any of the reels (or just there.)

Eric P
"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational 
being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph 
Waldo Emerson 




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Hey guys,

These work well if you don't mind hand cranking them.  They don't leak, 
made in the US and should last a lifetime.  Replacement parts are 
available:

http://www.mcmaster.com/#hose-reels/=vyfqvj


best,