Help me build a Wooden garden hose reel

Has anyone ever built a garden hose reel out of wood? I'm tired of buying the cheap plastic reels that break every other year. At $30-$40 per reel I think this would be a good investment and can be made to look nice. I'm thinking of using treated wood and maybe some PVC. I cannot find any reference to anything like this on the web so I'm guessing I may be missing something. The first thing my wife said is "it will be heavy". Yeah....so.....I'm not going to be carrying it around and I want it to be heavy enough to not slide around when winding up the hose (like the plastic ones do). My current one is broke so I may have to tear it apart to figure out how to work the hose connection but I think that is mostly just a rubber "o"-ring" fitting. Anyone with ideas?

Not exactly the same, but here's an electric cord reel I made for some super heavy duty extension cords I bought.

My only advice would be to make the handle a little taller. This one is too low.

Maybe you could scrounge the swivel fitting from a garage sale version of a hose reel?

Well, I've been giving this some thought and there are a few things I'm going to do with it to "improve" it over the ones I can buy. Taller is the first order of business. My back will thank me later.

Look up cable reels other wise know as rednecks dinning room table. http://www.carris.com/products/nailed.html

Hi Tom

My search turned up these ideas.

Make a wooden box

http://www.firstbtob.com/upload/c2/185/9d891f65eaf5ee01e8b4b0a205aa2883_s.jpg

Then buy one of these heavy duty metal units

http://www.kotulas.com/deals/outdoor-living/patio-accessories/highpressure-garden-hose-reel

Place inside and you away.


Here is a pic of a antique wooden reel to give you an idea if you really want to make a wooden reel.

https://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=2096&aid=44961&lid=11742088

I think metal reel part i linked to takes the guess work out of the coupling part.


I agree with your sentiment though it gets tired buying these things so regularly.