Cheap and simple hose/lead reel

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A simple garden hose reel is what i use to reel up my hoses for my shop gases and use one for my shop leads of 150'Welder7018"A hero is someone who has giver his/her life for something bigger than oneself" Elmer DavisWelding holds the world together.
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Reply:Ya what kind of connector do you use from the reel to machine and gas?
Reply:It's all or nuthin' baby!  ROLL 'EM!!City of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny
Reply:Sounds like he's just using the reel to roll them up without running the connection through the reel axle.  I have thought of this before.  If I had space for reels inside the cabinets of my utility body, I would do something like that.  Pretty cheap and effective way to get the leads/cords/hoses on reels.  I don't see where connecting them up to the machine after un-reeling them is a big deal, so I don't see a need to spend big bucks on reels that put the connection through the axle.  Anyways, I dont have room to do that on the truck, so I just coil them up and lay them in the under-bed drawer.MM350P/Python/Q300MM175/Q300DialarcHFHTP MIG200PowCon300SMHypertherm380ThermalArc185Purox oaF350CrewCab4x4LoadNGo utilitybedBobcat250XMT304/Optima/SpoolmaticSuitcase12RC/Q300Suitcase8RC/Q400Passport/Q300Smith op
Reply:I made some in the bed of my service truck to roll up the leads. You do have to disconnect the leads to roll/unroll. Not that big of a deal but I am with DR, I aint paying $400 for something that keeps me from turning some twist locks. I got maybe $10 of scrap in these. Attached Images