Hookup wire dispenser rack!

[patricks]

Two evenings, two things made!

This time a rack for dispensing hookup wire.
The two uprights are not straight or parallel, I drilled the holes by hand, but I have extra wood scraps and can redo when I eventually get a drill press

[amptramp]

Better put it under lock and key with the price of wire now.  I was at a scrap dealer a few years ago and watched a guy come in with a few coils of house wire.  He got $420 from the dealer.  We had our watermains replaced last week.  The coil of 3/4 inch copper tube was $920.  Last year, it would have been $450.

[bluebunny]

Nice one, Patrick.  I had an idea to do something very similar, but hadn't got round to it yet.  Oh, the shame...    I could cheat and repurpose a kitchen roll holder?

[patricks]

Better put it under lock and key with the price of wire now.  I was at a scrap dealer a few years ago and watched a guy come in with a few coils of house wire.  He got $420 from the dealer.  We had our watermains replaced last week.  The coil of 3/4 inch copper tube was $920.  Last year, it would have been $450.

Wow! That's crazy.
I've got a great big heavy transformer of unknown origin sitting around, makes me think I should unwrap the wire and sell it.

Nice one, Patrick.  I had an idea to do something very similar, but hadn't got round to it yet.  Oh, the shame...    I could cheat and repurpose a kitchen roll holder?

A kitchen roll holder would be much quicker, and the sides would actually be square
This was just something quick to do when I found myself in the grey zone of evening activities, having not enough time or mental energy to play music or build a stompbox, and decided to use up some scrap wood

[duck_arse]

Wow! That's crazy.
I've got a great big heavy transformer of unknown origin sitting around, makes me think I should unwrap the wire and sell it.

that's not a valve amp power transformer someone gave you, is it?

[patricks]

No! This is a big-arse thing I found on the verge in a light industrial area.
The transformer you gave me is still earmarked for a stereo low-wattage amp 

[mozz]

I wish i had a extra foot of bench space for that. Actually, I hammer nails into the floor joists of my 1925 house in the basement and hang the spools above my head. Other than that, i have miles of wiring harnesses from gutted tube organs and military/test equipment so i rarely have ever bought wire. Lowes had the electrical house wire 12awg/14agw under lock and key last time i was there.

[davent]

I wish i had a extra foot of bench space for that. Actually, I hammer nails into the floor joists of my 1925 house in the basement and hang the spools above my head. Other than that, i have miles of wiring harnesses from gutted tube organs and military/test equipment so i rarely have ever bought wire. Lowes had the electrical house wire 12awg/14agw under lock and key last time i was there.

Nails in the floor joists is my solution as well. Wire's always out of sight out of the way but right there when you need some.

[bluebunny]

I wish i had a extra foot of bench space for that.

I wish I had a basement.

Hell, I wish I had a bench!   

[duck_arse]

I wish i had a extra foot of bench space for that.

I wish I had a basement.

Hell, I wish I had a bench!   

if you had an extra foot, it'd be lucky, surely.


that's good to hear about that lump/paperweight, Patricks, I wasn't even sure it was you.

[bluebunny]

if you had an extra foot, it'd be lucky, surely.

If I had an extra foot, it would be a fkucing miracle!  (Monojambiste since '81. )

[patricks]

that's good to hear about that lump/paperweight, Patricks, I wasn't even sure it was you.

Yes, 'tis I! 
I'm still planning on turning the BC108/109 transistors we were talking about at the time into fuzz goodness, as well, they haven't made it off the project "to do" list yet 

[diffeq]

I wish i had a extra foot of bench space for that.

I wish I had a basement.

Hell, I wish I had a bench!   

I just wish I had a kitchen roll holder at this point.