Wiley
Well-Known Member
Just some friendly advice.........Cable reels (spools as y'all call them, but they're reels) always seem like a good idea but they don't last unless painted AND kept pretty dry. The layers of wood are stapled together with hundreds or thousands of heavy gauge staples.....think fence staples. When they rot, in about 3 or 4 years and you try to dispose of them you'll have these staples all over the place. I've been working with cable reels since 1976 and have used them for lots of things but only for a year or so.