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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 seven:

posted by

FabLabWgtn on June 06, 2015

You can see, hopefully, in the image that the eye hook is up quite high on the wall so that the rope doesn’t get caught in the ‘ladder’ . It takes quite a bit of the strain, so it needs to go into a stud (or other sturdy piece of wood that holds up the building).
I borrowed a stud-finder from a friend to find the studs, after knocking on the wall to hear the right sound and then drilling five useless pilot holes into just plasterboard. One day I’ll fill those.
Congratulations - if you’ve made it this far, you’ve either got a handy clothes dryer for approximately $60 instead of $500, or you’re reading all the instructions before you start.
Well done, either way...
cheers, Wendy