Metro shelving vertical reel holder by zpbruno

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

I have a collection of wire and cord on various sized reels that are always knocking about in my workspace. As I try and make it easier to keep that workspace clean I came up with this vertical reel holder that can hold them all and even allows for tool free loading and unloading as long as the bolts are properly tightened.
In addition to two copies of each of the cantilever and collar pieces, You will need 4X 3/4 inch 8-32 panhead machine screws with nuts, and a 1/2 inch rod cut to some number of inches (12.0 inches, 23.0 inches, 35.0 inches for example- the grooves on the post are 1 inch apart.)
Avoid over-tightening the screws- there should still be a gap between the pieces and it is acceptable (even desirable) to be able rotate the arm with a little force after installation.
After installing the top and bottom arms you are ready to insert the rod into the bottom arm and load the reels. The receptacle cups have a healthy draft to allow the rod to tilt over. Rotate the top arm far enough to be able to tilt the rod into the upper receptacle then rotate it back into alignment with the lower arm. Now dispense some wire or cord.