HiLo Clothes Dryer

Created Date: 2015-06-06/ updated date: 2015-06-22
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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.

Memo

Steps, page five:

posted by FabLabWgtn on June 06, 2015
Drill two holes in your ceiling bearers/joists approx 600mm away from the wall (so you’ve got room for the dryer to sway a bit). Wear safety glasses so that you can look and not get dust in your eyes while you’re drilling. Put in those two screw hooks. They’re to hang the pulleys from.

Now comes the bit that was really quite a mental challenge for me. Threading the rope.

I got 10 metres; you might need more. My ceiling height is approx 2700mm...
Take one end of the rope, thread it through two of those eye hooks and then tie it together so that it looks like a triangle - see the image. If the end isn’t sealed, this is when you might singe the end with the mini blow torch or lighter (in a well
ventilated, child-free space). I tied a slip knot so that the rope triangle becomes quite small and the rack can go up as high as possible in the ceiling.

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