From: "Mike Sloane" <msloane@att.net>
> Phil Ethier wrote:
> >
> > I have been using the heavy rubber air hose on a "dead" reel which is
really
> > the real portion of a broken garden-hose cart. I just mounted the hub
to
> > the wall of my shop. Downside: I need to take the hose completely off
the
> > reel and quick-connect to the compressor. Upside: It was essentially
free,
> > and I can wind up 50 feet of heavy hose very quickly.
> I don't understand, Phil. Why don't you just run a short hose from the
> compressor to the reel and leave the tail end of the coiled up hose
sticking out
> to connect to the one from the compressor.
"Essentially Free". I didn't need to buy any parts I didn't have, and it
took five minutes to set up. I don't use the air a lot. If it is worth
doing, it is worth doing well, so if I ever get around to changing it, a
proper live reel would make more sense than a slightly-better dead reel.
Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 TR4 CT2846L
pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/ http://www.vtr2002.org
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