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I have this hose reel (northerntool.com)and can't find parts for it. My handle has broken, as it was cheap cast chinesium it appears.

The handle seems tricky to make, but I thought I'd toss it to the machinists to see if it's something that can be done, either: - in wood - via traditional machining - via 3-d printing - other?

https://pic8.co/a/059bbddc-43b6-46fd-b48a-ad9be16c67a4

I have [this hose reel ](https://www.northerntool.com/products/milwaukee-industrial-garden-hose-reel-cart-holds-250-ft-of-hose-model-hc250milw-88922)and can't find parts for it. My handle has broken, as it was cheap cast chinesium it appears. The handle seems tricky to make, but I thought I'd toss it to the machinists to see if it's something that can be done, either: - in wood - via traditional machining - via 3-d printing - other? https://pic8.co/a/059bbddc-43b6-46fd-b48a-ad9be16c67a4

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[–] • 5 pts

I'd weld it (and add a reinforcement plate) or if a welder isn't handy drill some holes in it and marry another piece of steel or hardwood to it with bolts and nuts.

[–] [deleted] • 3 pts

Oh just patch another plate on the back on the original?

[–] • 1 pt

Sure. Use a grinder to expose clean metal where you intend to weld so it sticks good. Use a grinder to clean up the "looks" of the weld after. Coat with rustoleum primer and finish with black paint. Better than new!

[–] • 3 pts

If it were mine I'd get a flat piece of steel and a pipe and weld that shit up. You could cut and shape it with a grinder and weld the pipe on one end. You could probably find the stuff to do it in the free bin at a metal yard.

[–] [deleted] • 3 pts

Oh shit. duh! Flat piece, easy day. Pawl out of a SCH160 pipe nipple or some shit?

[–] • 2 pts

Now you're smellin what I'm steppin in.

[–] • 1 pt

A retarded machinist could fix this.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

I am neither of those!

[–] • 1 pt

Neither am I!!!!!!!!

Wtf is happening?

[–] • 1 pt

Can you post a photo of the reel where it attaches please?

[–] • 1 pt (edited )

Depending on the required tolerances, they look to be fairly loose from here, you could, as others have suggested, weld a piece of pipe to some flat bar and use a grinder to rough out the teeth, then finish with files. To mark out the teeth, you could print out a saw tooth pattern with 4 teeth that total the circumference of whatever pipe you use, then glue it on and cut/file to the lines. You should be able to get well within 20 thou tolerance. You could spend ages stuffing around to get a really good fit, but that's probably not required.

Ideally, the pipe would be from some sort of high carbon steel so you could heat treat it. At home, that would be done by heating the pipe end to a cherry red (until it is no longer magnetic) then quenching in either oil or water, oil probably better unless you know that the steel is water quenching, then stick it in a toaster over for a few hours.

But, if this doesn't see heavy use, you will likely be fine without hardening the steel. Whatever you make will likely be significantly better than the diecast crap the original was made from.

[–] • 1 pt

It would be fun to replace it with a small wheel of some sort.