Harbor Freight has some cheapos, as do JC Whitney and Northern. I'd
expect the Northern units to be of better quality.
John
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Drew Rogge wrote:
>
> Chris,
>
> Have you ever found a source for reasonable priced good quality
> auto-retracting air hose reels? Most of the ones I've seen go for
> around $150 and up. Also any suggestions of nice flexible air hose.
> The stuff I'm now using (from Home Depot) is pretty stiff and
> seems to have a mind of it's own when I try to coil it up.
>
> Thanks,
> Drew
>
> On Oct 11, 3:31pm, Chris Kantarjiev wrote:
> > Subject: Re: FAQ: Wiring a shop
> >
> > Use different colored outlets to distinguish the multiple circuit
> > in a box - I used white and ivory. If you're running three circuits
> > along a particular wall, you can get brown, too. Mark the breakers
> > with the color they control ... and this lets you spread the
> > load across the various circuits around the shop, if you're running
> > close to the edge.
> >
> > The little retractable cord reels are great stuff, by the way. I have
> > two of them hanging from the ceiling in various corners near doors,
> > and also one hidden under a bench ... in the cubby where I store the
> > shop vac. So the vac is plugged in and ready to go when I pull
> > it out - and is close to the most commonly vacuumed area (the
> > machine shop).
> >
> > Air reels are good, too, if you get some that seal well enough
> > that you can put them up out of reach.
> >-- End of excerpt from Chris Kantarjiev
>
>
>
> --
> Drew Rogge
> drew@pixar.com
>
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