Air hose reel stopper

[dbhost]

So the retaining screws for the stopper on my air hose reel are pulling through.

Replacing the original with one from interstate pnuematics.

Wish me luck!

not sure what I can do to keep rubber parts from deteriorating in the garage...

[leehljp]

Planned obsolescence? Or cheapest OEM procurement?

I have found cheap rubber/plastic parts both with operational function, or for covering moving mechanical objects do not weather (even out of the weather) well today, as compared to similar items years ago. The exception to this for me is my 13 year old 410,000 mile Camry hybrid. I am surprised at the longevity of the plastic and rubber parts on it. Fantastic.

[capncarl]

It’s only going to get worse. In the last 4-5 yrs every plastic piece that I’ve bought or had made with 3D printer has failed.

[dbhost]

Not super encouraging. What filament are you using?

[LCHIEN]

Did you consider making one out of wood? Seems like it would be easy enough.

Hole saw, and a smaller hole saw or forstner to make a donut. Some drilling at a tricky angle for a couple of deep screws and then saw the donut in half.

[dbhost]

Not a bad idea, but no. I hadn't considered it...

[capncarl]

I think wood is ideal, just haven’t taken the time to whittle one out.

[leehljp]

OT somewhat: I have two approximate 20 ft, 14 gauge extension cords I bought when I was in Japan. Been back here 11 years. Those two cords, they were soft and flexible. They still are soft an flexible even in freezing weather. Most of my Makita tool cords are/were very flexible and yet long lasting. American cord's rubber/plastic are stiffer, brittle and seem to have an early planned obsolescence.

I find the quality cords on tools like the Fein and Festool also.

Loring, I like the "wood" idea!

[capncarl]

I have a 4000 psi pressure washer hose that is so stiff you have to lay it on the hot driveway in the sun to get is softened up enough to roll up. I purchased 2 hoses at the same time, both identical, and have not used hose # 2 at all. Out of curiosity I opened hose #2 to see if it was stiff, and no it was as pliable as you would expect a braided wire hose to. I guess exposure to sunlight makes them stiff.

[dbhost]

Sadly I have the replacement stopper on order / shipped. No sense in going through the effort of making the wooden donut at this point, HOWEVER, should I have need for one in the future I might just have to do that...

I would think the hardest operation to do for that is to cut the donut in half so it could go around the hose...

[LCHIEN]

bandsaw....

[LCHIEN]

Did you consider making one out of wood? Seems like it would be easy enough.

Hole saw, and a smaller hole saw or forstner to make a donut. Some drilling at a tricky angle for a couple of deep screws and then saw the donut in half.

Ah, the way around the tricky drill deal is to drill while its still square and before you make the two big holes. Then you are drilling square surfaces instead of obliquely on the side of a circle..

And you know there is no real reason why the stopper has to be round and cannot be a square! Or an octangle if you 45 the corners of the square. That makes it a whole lot easier. Then you can round it off even more on a sander.

[capncarl]

I bet you could shape an oval or whatever you wanted faster using a belt or disk sander over fitting out the hole saw and fretting with getting everything symmetrical, and would still have to put time/labor in it rounding everything.