Hose holder

[Sid]

You know how it is, you find it hard to throw out metal.

Well a few years ago I saved the armrest off of an office chair that was being replaced, convinced that I'd find a use for it. It was hanging in the garage out of the way, and the bends in the tube finally found a use.

Here's the before. The plastic holder has sagged, cracked, and generally perished in the sun.


I needed to reduce the width and shorten the length of the arm parts. These were also cut so the end could be bent over and have the ends sealed up, as were the screw holes, so the tube is now water tight.


It looks too close to the downpipe in this picture, but there's plenty of room. Note as a bespoke item(!) it was made to fit the old screw holes.

OK, it's not a cost effective project on your time, but when you're having a tinker in the garage, that doesn't matter.

 

[Hitch]

Thats a beaut, would be ideal around workshops for leads, cables, airlines...

 

[Bsmith]

Very neat job that. If we could only put our minds to using amost ready made things like these. Would it be an idea to start a "Made from something else" thread? My combi spanners are hung up on a piece of dishwasher rack.

 

[JimM]

OK, it's not a cost effective project on your time, but when you're having a tinker in the garage, that doesn't matter.

Too right, as a hobby welder if I was to worry about time vs cost I might as well stick the MIG on Ebay but there's nothing like the satisfaction you get of repairing something yourself. Last week I fixed the hinge on the toilet seat - Mrs was well impressed.........at least until I implied it was her fat a*se that broke it in the first place

The bracket looks great buy the way, I might have to sabotage a colleagues chair at work

Cheers

Jim

 

[Sid]

there's nothing like the satisfaction you get of repairing something yourself.

Agreed. Although it doesn't always feel like that when you're crawling under a car, but knowing you can do these things, and you don't have to rely on others is good feeling.

The bracket looks great buy the way, I might have to sabotage a colleagues chair at work

Oh dear, what have I started