Reel Creative …

July 19, 2007 at 9:39 pm | Posted in Just for Fun, Reel, Toilet Paper Roller | Leave a comment

Okay … I had to post this …

I recently had a water leak in my bathroom. I am actually a man who is blessed beyond measure … I have my own personal bathroom adjacent to my home office. I live in a house full of women, so you can imagine what a blessing this third bathroom really is. Anyway, the leak under the sink ruined my cabinet and floor. I had to replace both.

Once I installed my new sink cabinet, I realized that I no longer had a toilet paper roller. What was a (fisher)man to do?

Well … I had this old bait casting reel that was not usable. It had various mechanical problems. And it simply wasn’t suited to fishing the surf anyway. So I had an idea … how might the thing do as a completely unique toilet paper distribution system?

I broke it down, did a few measurements, cut the center spool in half with a hacksaw, and got the connecting brace in the hands of my buddy, Allen Coleman, who is an expert metal worker. Allen designed, cut, molded, and welded the mount ends on a 6-inch piece of stainless steel. He even drilled two mounting holes for me.

I decided to mount my new toilet paper system in a cool piece of driftwood that I found while beach combing on St. George Island, Florida. The driftwood looks like it has square nails in it, like it could be a small piece of wood from an old ship (or it might just be a piece of a pallet, or remnants from a boardwalk … I don’t know).

Anyhow … here are the pictures of my most unique creation. The handle actually cranks out the toilet paper for me … and I have the anti-reverse turned on.