Electric reel annoying
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Now I am intangling it it's all caught!
Any recommendations for a better reel?
Do you wind it in with the cable coming over the top or underneath? Is there a technique for it. I often wondered this for both electric reels and hose
Any recommendations for a better reel?
Do you wind it in with the cable coming over the top or underneath? Is there a technique for it. I often wondered this for both electric reels and hose
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Unfortunately not, I keep struggling with and it annoys me, but its one of the products you dobt think about once its back in the cupboard.
If somebody comes forward with a good recommend, I might leap into action
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As you wind up you should feed the cable on
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Put it in an airing cupboard or warm place
Allow it to heat up and become more flexible
Quickly unwind it and before it gets a chance to cool a lot wind it and guide it side to side as it forms on the reel
It may have been used while coiled up - which limits it's ability to dissipate heat and gives you a curly cable
Before using a coiled cable you should unravel the whole thing
Allow it to heat up and become more flexible
Quickly unwind it and before it gets a chance to cool a lot wind it and guide it side to side as it forms on the reel
It may have been used while coiled up - which limits it's ability to dissipate heat and gives you a curly cable
Before using a coiled cable you should unravel the whole thing
Wasn't it supplied with the black clip thingy that clips to the side arm to prevent (read:reduce) the likelihood of the cable wrapping around the tube?
The SMj cassette reals aren't too bad. I have only ever managed to snag my 10m one once.
https://www.smjuk.com/products/thisProduct/29759
They also make longer "open" drum extensions that look to be less likely to suffer from the cable winding around the tube.
https://www.smjuk.com/products/thisProduct/29985
https://www.smjuk.com/products/thisProduct/29759
They also make longer "open" drum extensions that look to be less likely to suffer from the cable winding around the tube.
https://www.smjuk.com/products/thisProduct/29985
I have the same cable reel.
I found that the drum was too loose, so I got some spare pipe lagging and placed it on one of the supports so that it rubs on the reel.
I provides just enough resistance to stop the reel from spinning endlessly!
As for winding it back up, you need to provide some form of resistance to the cable to keep it neat on the reel (a hand works well!)
I found that the drum was too loose, so I got some spare pipe lagging and placed it on one of the supports so that it rubs on the reel.
I provides just enough resistance to stop the reel from spinning endlessly!
As for winding it back up, you need to provide some form of resistance to the cable to keep it neat on the reel (a hand works well!)
I use two cable ties to help keep it tidy one loose around the cable then this is secured tight to base arm in the centre. Always unwind and rewind slowly.
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Either one of those, or hold the frame down with your foot, wind in with the right hand and control the cable with the left. It's a bit like that trick where you rub your tummy whilst simultaneously patting yourself on the head - in other words it can take a bit of co-ordination (and even then it doesn't always go right!)
Would u you recommend this brennenstahl one, guide looks good for it
https://www.toolstop.co.uk/brennens...qz504u3QIjT2iQfDzuyfkgxu4Fi_jr1saAqZEEALw_wcB
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I've got a couple of "normal" reels plus one Brennenstuhl. Being in the trades, my reels are 110 volt, so my Brennenstuhl is not quite the same as the 230 volt ones. My 110 volt reel has the same arrangement as the one in my previous post (a Brennenstuhl Garant), i.e. the cable feeds back through the handle loop which makes it far less likely to unspool when winding the cable in. The one you link to is missing that feature, although the metal sides to the drum do make for a very durable bit of kit. To my mind the biggest plus of some (but not all) of the Brennenstuhl's is the Bretec rotary contact system:
which allows you to plug in your tools then pay the cable out without tying all your tool leads in knots
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