Not everyone has the opportunity to purchase a device for winding the cable, or they are not satisfied with the product parameters, since the extension cord does not fit a long extension cord. Therefore, you have to make the device from improvised materials. Do it yourself reel for the extension cord in a few hours.
Materials
The plumbing shop sells the right material to assemble the device. The price of pipes is low, therefore affordable to everyone. Inventory List:
- plastic bay;
- plywood;
- polypropylene pipe;
- the wire;
- socket;
- fork;
- fitting.
Surely, any owner of the cottage has an elementary tool.
Instruments
Do-it-yourself work equipment for making a coil for an extension cord with your own hands should be at any owner of the cottage. If there are no electric tools, then they can be rented at a construction company. Scroll:
- sharp knife;
- screwdriver;
- pliers;
- dowels;
- self-tapping screws;
- ruler;
- pencil;
- soldering iron for plastic;
- screwdriver;
- drill;
- sandpaper;
Instead of a soldering iron for polypropylene, you can use bolts and nuts for fastening pipes.
Assembly of a plastic fixture
All parts are pre-cut and prepared, laying them out in the workplace. It’s easier to get results. How to make a coil for an extension cord with your own hands step by step:
- A circle of suitable diameter is drawn on plywood or MDF sheet. If the material is thin, then it is necessary to make 4 parts in order to further glue them in pairs with quick-drying glue. Cut the workpiece with a jigsaw or hacksaw for metal.
- The resulting elements are symmetrically glued to each other with double-sided tape. The diameter of the sleeve on which the cable will be wound is drawn on cut plywood pieces of a circle. Cross lines are drawn with the same pitch and dotted at the installation location of the sleeve. Also, one point is located in the center of the wooden disk. The tree is treated with sandpaper at the edges, since it is difficult to make an even cut with a hacksaw.
- Cut 4 metal or aluminum tubes with a diameter of 10 mm along the length of the sleeve, for example - 25 cm. It will take 8 dowels 8-ki. Plastic rods are driven into the tubes with a hammer, in which they must be stably installed.
- At the designated points, holes are drilled with a drill with a diameter slightly smaller than the black self-tapping screw. A hole with a cross section of 22 mm is made in a central mark on a wooden disk.
- A tube is applied to each hole in the circle in the inner part and screwed with screws. It should turn out 4 pins, a sleeve from a plastic pipe is laid on them. If the axis diameter is 15 cm, then the pins must be arranged in accordance with this size. On the reverse side, another wooden disk is installed and screwed with screws.
Attention! The plastic sleeve from the pipe must fit snugly onto the metal rods so that it does not rotate while twisting the wire.
Making a tube holder
At the second stage, a stand for the coil of polypropylene is made. There should be a device for soldering pipes, without which you can not make a coil for an extension cord with your own hands from polypropylene. Working process:
- They make a rectangular lower frame, mounted on the ground. Collect it from plastic parts, corners and tees. On the elongated part, the tee in the center is soldered so that the free exit is directed up. A vertical stand is attached so that it is higher than the drum, to which a tee is also attached in the middle, only the exit should be directed horizontally into the frame. A horizontal tube is mounted into this hole by soldering - this is the axis for rotation of the coil.
- At the top of the upright, the handle of the tube is horizontally fixed. At the ends they put furniture plugs. Put the drum on the sleeve of polypropylene and fix the clip on the edge.
- A hole is drilled in the disk, the plug is removed from the extension cord and the cable is pushed through a wooden circle so that the socket is outside. It is attached to the drum with self-tapping screws. Install the plug back. A wooden short rod (handle) is screwed to the product with a screw. This item will make it easier to wind the wire.
Attention! It is better to make a reel for the extension cord with your own hands according to the photo and drawings.
Mounting a wooden drum
From improvised means make an effective device for winding the wire. Phased Assembly:
- A piece of 15 cm long is cut from a log with a diameter of 10-15 cm. 2 wooden disks are made of plywood 1 cm thick. The billets are processed with sandpaper so as not to drive splinter fingers into operation.
- Circles are screwed with screws on the sides of the log. A long drill with a cross section of 22 mm in the middle of a wooden disk makes a hole through it so that it passes through another circle.
- They take an even stick 2 cm thick, from which 22 cm is cut, but in case the axis length is 15 cm and the disc thickness is 1 cm each. The part is pushed through the log part.
- Long and even sticks from under the handle of a rake or a shovel are screwed along the edges of the axis, so that their size is more than a drum. If the diameter of the coil disks is 30 cm, then the axis is screwed in the middle on 50 cm long wooden rods.
- In the upper part, a crossbar from a stick is attached. Black screws are used. A hole is made in the disk, a cable is inserted there, the socket is screwed to a circle.
The device is installed with pins in the ground, handle up. Turn the drum by hand until the cable is completely wound. This is the easiest extension coil option. Do it yourself in 1 hour.
Metal construction
To make a coil for a cable extension with your own hands from iron, you will need a welding machine. Material for assembly can be found at hand in the country. How to do it:
- From 2 sheets cutter circles cut. The edges are grinded.
- In the middle of the workpieces, a hole is drilled with a drill with a diameter of 1.2 cm.
- Cut the iron tube to the desired length with a half-inch section. Take reinforcement round and grinder cut off a certain part.
- The disk is placed on the table, exactly in the center they set the tube vertically, which is aligned with a square, the part is tacked by welding. On the reverse side, they are doing a similar job. Smooth fittings are inserted inside the pipe.
- They build 2 triangular frames from the corners. In the middle, where the axis will be located, weld a corner horizontally on one and the other workpiece and make holes in the center. The lower part of the triangles is connected by corners, and a handle is mounted at the top.
- The coil is held at the level of the holes for the rod. Reinforce a hole in the hole. On the one hand they attach it by welding, and on the other they make a handle for rotating the drum. Also, the input for the cable is burned in the disk. The socket is fixed on a circle.
You get a durable home-made coil for the extension cord. With your own hands to make, paint and test for performance under the power of anyone.
Installation of carrying from scratch
From one edge of the cable, a protective shell is cut a few centimeters. Carefully remove the wires from the copper wires so that they are exposed. The carrier is disassembled, the wire is laid in a special groove, and the wiring is passed through the clamps, after having unscrewed the small bolts. The fasteners are clamped back with the wiring, impose the top cover and tighten the box from the bottom with bolts or screws.
With a fork, everything is similar. Also, the protective coating is removed from the cable by 2-3 cm. The wires are removed from the wires. Dismantle the fork and unscrew the bolts on the mounts. Wiring is passed to these places, the clamps are twisted back. The cable is installed in the groove. Top cover is applied and tightened with a bolt.