Do it yourself electric wire holder failure
The Do
It Yourself electric wire holder didn't perform so well in the
field due to 2 major problems.
1. Top heavy to the point of
wanting to tip over.
2. No tension on the spool
equals a tangled mess.
Stay tuned for version 2.0,
which will make an attempt at solving both issues.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Hey Mark, try just placing the roll of wire in bucket and drill a hole ( size of wire) in the side of bucket, just pull the wire through the hole. if you want you could put a round dowel in the middle of bucket and attach it with a dry wall screw. Better yet place another bottom of a bucket on top of wire roll and you can carry your cutters and tools in the bucket. making a dummy bottom. mom roseanell
Drill three holes approximately halfway in the bucket;
Two on opposite sides to hold the axle that holds the spool of wire.
A smaller hole is used to feed the wire through. Put e.g. a clothespin on the wire on the inside of the hole. That should prevent you from pulling the wire too fast.
Another option is to place the feed-out hole so that pulling on the wire pulls the spool against the side of the bucket and thus slowing it down.