Help needed to make golf trolley umbrella holder

[AnthonyL]

I have an old golf trolley and wifey has bought me a new golf
umbrella.

Every review of universal umbrella holders seems fraught with negative
comments so I wondered what I'd got to make my own.

Thus far I'm nearly but not quite there:

https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWp9uhj

The FloPlast waste pipe

https://www.screwfix.com/p/floplast-push-fit-pipe-white-40mm-x-3m/65426#product_additional_details_container

gives the umbrella end a very firm fit and the loop at the end of the
umbrella handle could possibly be used to help safely secure the
umbrella.

At the moment I don't know the best way to attach the system to the
square section handle. I have a collection of old aerial fittings and
the clamshell type clamp nearly works but is not wide enough for the
waste pipe and is a bit too wide on the handle's 5/16" square section.

I've wondered about cutting a 5/16" slot in end of the waste pipe and
pushing that over the handle but it will still need a secure fixing.

I would prefer to not drill into the handle unless no other option.

Most commercial holders seem to have adjustments for the angle/tilt
and again I can't help think that the right aerial attachments could
work, though I'm not sure why I would want to vary from vertical.

Anyway - I'm looking for some inspirational ideas from the collective
of uk.d-i-y short of buying a whole new trolley/golf bag system in
which these things are incorporated from the outset.


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AnthonyL

Why ever wait to finish a job before starting the next?

[newshound]

Looking at your photo, I think you are going to need to clamp the
floplast tube at the top and the bottom so that it will take a moment (a
force tending to twist it away from vertical) in the fore and aft
direction as well as from side to side.

Apart from aerial clamps, car exhaust clamps are available in a range of
sizes but are perhaps stronger than you need. I think I would be
inclined to get a piece of (say) 1/8 inch alloy or 12mm plywood, about 8
inches long and three inches wide. Position this vertically against the
angled handle and fix it with bolts (by drilling the handle) separated
as far as possible. Then have a u-bolt at the top and bottom, fixing the
the top and bottom of the plastic tube on the other side of the
wood/alloy sheet.

[John Rumm]

On 13/08/2021 13:00, AnthonyL wrote:

> I have an old golf trolley and wifey has bought me a new golf
> umbrella.
>
> Every review of universal umbrella holders seems fraught with negative
> comments so I wondered what I'd got to make my own.
>
> Thus far I'm nearly but not quite there:
>
> https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWp9uhj

Is the objective, to get somewhere just to store the furled umbrella
when not in use, or do you (also) want it to hold it in a useful
position when open?


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Cheers,

John.

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[Chris Bacon]

On 13/08/2021 13:00, AnthonyL wrote:

> https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWp9uhj

> Anyway - I'm looking for some inspirational ideas from the collective
> of uk.d-i-y short of buying a whole new trolley/golf bag system in
> which these things are incorporated from the outset.

1) Go round and round a few times with duct tape. Keep the coil nicely
wound so it looks like a mini-reel in two places around the pipe.

2) Cut a couple of short pieces of pipe and carve out the ends so that
when pressed up to the holder piece, they look like a tee. Slot the
other end so that it fits over the square steel tube of the handle.
Clamp it all together with jubilee clips.

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[Chris Bacon]

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Jubilee clip will squeeze the pipe together at the handle end, may need
to "dress" the clip around the metal; may need to use car body filler or
similar to stop pipe collapsing.


Maybe snap-rivet jubilee clips to the square tube of the handle, then
just retain the pipe in them.

[alan_m]

On 13/08/2021 13:00, AnthonyL wrote:

Stuff a bit of foam pipe insulation down the tube to hold the umbrella
handle tight(er)

https://www.screwfix.com/p/economy-pipe-insulation-15-x-13mm-x-1m/72357

other diameters available for 22mm and 28mm pipe.

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[Bev]

On Fri, 13 Aug 2021 12:00:16 +0000, AnthonyL wrote:

> I have an old golf trolley and wifey has bought me a new golf umbrella.
>
> Every review of universal umbrella holders seems fraught with negative
> comments so I wondered what I'd got to make my own.
>
> Thus far I'm nearly but not quite there:
>
> https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWp9uhj
>
> The FloPlast waste pipe
>
> https://www.screwfix.com/p/floplast-push-fit-pipe-white-40mm-x-3m/
65426#product_additional_details_container
>
> gives the umbrella end a very firm fit and the loop at the end of the
> umbrella handle could possibly be used to help safely secure the
> umbrella.
>
> At the moment I don't know the best way to attach the system to the
> square section handle.

If you are happy to more or less follow the line of the handle then why
not zip tie it? At the least it will give you a feel for what you may
wish to develop it into.

[williamwright]

On 13/08/2021 13:00, AnthonyL wrote:

> At the moment I don't know the best way to attach the system to the
> square section handle. I have a collection of old aerial fittings

The Antiference No 1 clamp would work better the other way round. I have
some new ones if you want one. But for several reasons I don't think
they are really suitable.

BIll

[AnthonyL]

Isn't that what I'm holding in the photo, labelled "Old Aerial Clamp"?

If so as per my OP it so nearly works but mine is just a fraction too
small to grip the 40mm pipe whichever way I try it.

[AnthonyL]

On Fri, 13 Aug 2021 13:55:36 +0100, John Rumm
<see.my.s...@nowhere.null> wrote:

>On 13/08/2021 13:00, AnthonyL wrote:
>
>> I have an old golf trolley and wifey has bought me a new golf
>> umbrella.
>>
>> Every review of universal umbrella holders seems fraught with negative
>> comments so I wondered what I'd got to make my own.
>>
>> Thus far I'm nearly but not quite there:
>>
>> https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWp9uhj
>
>Is the objective, to get somewhere just to store the furled umbrella
>when not in use, or do you (also) want it to hold it in a useful
>position when open?
>
>

I guess you're not a golfer John. The umbrella has to protect me from
the rain whilst I'm walking from hole to hole, marking my card etc and
somehow not fly off with the wind, twist, pull the trolley over etc.

However, even the umbrella loops on the old bag are unsuitable (too
small) for modern golf umbrella. I'll probably have to continue to
rely on my Peter Storm jacket.

I wish people would consult before buying specialised equipment - my
granddaughter had the sense to ask if I wanted an umbrella holder and
that's when I started to look for reviews.