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Step 7Making The Cross Braces for the Hose Reels
1) Using the 2 x 2 aluminum angle cut 4 pieces. Mine were 17" long each for the hose reels I bought. Round off the sharp edges and corners.
2) Arrange the top cross brace so you can trace the hose reel's top 2 mounting holes directly on the angle. Hold it steady for marking both holes before you let go (I used the sharp end of a long screw). While still holding the angle steady make a longitudinal mark on the inside/downside of the angle where the hose reel shelf bottom is. You will need to make sure that your two holes for the U-Bolt attachment are far enough below this line to ensure you can install the washers and screw on the nuts to attach the top cross brace to the top U-Bolt.
3) Arrange the bottom cross brace so you can trace the hose reel's bottom 2 mounting holes directly on the angle. Again, hold it steady for marking both holes before you let go.
4) Now measure to the center of each cross brace on the side that will face the pole and mark it.
5) Now measure the U-Bolt's center to center distance, divide it by two and mark this distance on both sides of the mark in #4 above. These two marks will be the center for each drill hole (2) that will be made to allow the cross braces to be mounted to the U-Bolt.
6) Now drill all the holes marked in #'s 2,3,4 & 5 above. Deburr the holes as necessary. Trial fit everything before you move on.
7) The size of aluminum angle I chose to use limited the use of the hose reel's top shelf feature when the cross brace was mounted and I decided to recoved some of the shelf area by cutting a section of the top brace away. I did this by eye balling it. The pictures will show you the details. If you need to do this then do it now. Deburr as necessary.
8) If you are using bolts with regular nuts (instead of rivit nuts) you can skip this step. If you want to use rivit nuts then mount the rivit nuts on the cross braces (two each) as shown in the pictures.
9) Now it's time to paint everything flat black so it looks cool. Looking cool is priority #1. See pictures for this step too.
10) Once the paint is dry you can now mount the cross top and bottom cross braces to each hose reel.
11) I found that the top cross brace was deflecting more than I liked due to the cut out that I made to better utilize the hose reel's top shelf and decided to place two pop rivits to fix the deflection and further hold it to the hose reel. See the pictures. This worked well.
12) If everything was done properly you now have two hose reels with the cross braces mounted to them and ready for bolting to the U-Bolts.
2) Arrange the top cross brace so you can trace the hose reel's top 2 mounting holes directly on the angle. Hold it steady for marking both holes before you let go (I used the sharp end of a long screw). While still holding the angle steady make a longitudinal mark on the inside/downside of the angle where the hose reel shelf bottom is. You will need to make sure that your two holes for the U-Bolt attachment are far enough below this line to ensure you can install the washers and screw on the nuts to attach the top cross brace to the top U-Bolt.
3) Arrange the bottom cross brace so you can trace the hose reel's bottom 2 mounting holes directly on the angle. Again, hold it steady for marking both holes before you let go.
4) Now measure to the center of each cross brace on the side that will face the pole and mark it.
5) Now measure the U-Bolt's center to center distance, divide it by two and mark this distance on both sides of the mark in #4 above. These two marks will be the center for each drill hole (2) that will be made to allow the cross braces to be mounted to the U-Bolt.
6) Now drill all the holes marked in #'s 2,3,4 & 5 above. Deburr the holes as necessary. Trial fit everything before you move on.
7) The size of aluminum angle I chose to use limited the use of the hose reel's top shelf feature when the cross brace was mounted and I decided to recoved some of the shelf area by cutting a section of the top brace away. I did this by eye balling it. The pictures will show you the details. If you need to do this then do it now. Deburr as necessary.
8) If you are using bolts with regular nuts (instead of rivit nuts) you can skip this step. If you want to use rivit nuts then mount the rivit nuts on the cross braces (two each) as shown in the pictures.
9) Now it's time to paint everything flat black so it looks cool. Looking cool is priority #1. See pictures for this step too.
10) Once the paint is dry you can now mount the cross top and bottom cross braces to each hose reel.
11) I found that the top cross brace was deflecting more than I liked due to the cut out that I made to better utilize the hose reel's top shelf and decided to place two pop rivits to fix the deflection and further hold it to the hose reel. See the pictures. This worked well.
12) If everything was done properly you now have two hose reels with the cross braces mounted to them and ready for bolting to the U-Bolts.
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