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License

HiLo Clothes Dryer by FabLabWgtn is licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.

Summary

Inspired by a great hanging dryer, but put off by high cost and long distance shipping, I decided to make
my own, low-budget version. There are components that could be higher quality, and prices are indicative
only - it depends what your local suppliers have available for you. I got most of the components from
Bunnings and Pete’s Emporium in Porirua (NZ).
I also decided to do something Low Tech instead of designing with digital fabrication in mind. Some simple tools and you're away with this project.
Take as much time as you want to. I made this over two weekends, not rushing, and in between other activities. But I don’t have to tidy up if I don’t feel like it...
Fineprint:
All measurements are in millimetres unless otherwise stated. All attempts have been made to keep
jargon to a minimum. ‘Usual’ in New Zealand may not be ‘usual’ globally. Do everything safely. The instruction pages are in the Memo section, not the Recipe section.

Recipe (2)

Memos (7)

Memo

Steps, page three:

posted by

FabLabWgtn on June 06, 2015

Here the frame/ladder/rack is, all put together on my ‘workbench’.
I used a tape measure to check (all along the width of the ‘ladder’) whether everything had gone together evenly.

That rope and screwdriver trick is really handy, aye?

This is when I applied a sealer. I chose to rag on a satin water-based urethane so that the wood is sealed. This means that the clothes won’t be aected by the wood
or the sealer and the wet clothes won’t make the frame twist and warp.
Just a note: a pilot hole makes it easier to drive a screw into place. It also keeps it on track so that it doesn’t get distracted and go in the wrong direction.