Liberty Retractable Garden Hose Reel Mount

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Got myself a Liberty Gardens Retractable Garden Hose Reel (100') and I mean to mount it outside near one of my hose bibbs for summer use. But winter is cold in Vermont and it can't stay out there, so I'm going to take it off its mount and bring it inside. So why not mount it on a wall in my utility room, near my utility sink that has an adapter to fit a garden hose, too? Sadly Liberty doesn't seem to sell the part so I thought I'd try to make my own. Result: failure. I'm leaving the design up in case anyone else has a better printer and can use it, but with a layered filament print, it's just not nearly strong enough, even at 25% infill (which took almost a whole 24 hours to print!). If you do print it, note that this model is a little too small; increase it to about 105% and it should be fine. I didn't bother to revise it though since it won't work for me. I've included both an upright one (easy, slow print) and one on its side (quicker print, better strength due to shear direction, but probably won't fit on most 3D printers). Probably neither of them will need supports, but the one on its side might need a raft to avoid curling.