Roger Feeley
03-04-2012, 6:39 PM
I love my wife.
She wanted to scrape some paint on a couple of Adirondack chairs I found in someones trash. I set her up with the aforementioned drill and one of those stripper things that fling the steel rods around. 5 minutes later, I hear, "I'm sorry..." and she showed up with the cord in two pieces. Apparently, that thing went right through the cord. At least she wasn't hurt.
The only drill I ever replaced the cord on was a very old Skil and that was kind of a hassle. It involved soldering and I had to be VERY careful to assemble it right. It had all sorts of springs and gizmos that didn't want to go back quite right.
I really don't want to splice it. The part is $25 and there would be some sort of shop charge at my local repair place. I'm wondering if the guts of this thing are simple enough that I can get in there and do the replacement myself.
thanks,
Roger
She wanted to scrape some paint on a couple of Adirondack chairs I found in someones trash. I set her up with the aforementioned drill and one of those stripper things that fling the steel rods around. 5 minutes later, I hear, "I'm sorry..." and she showed up with the cord in two pieces. Apparently, that thing went right through the cord. At least she wasn't hurt.
The only drill I ever replaced the cord on was a very old Skil and that was kind of a hassle. It involved soldering and I had to be VERY careful to assemble it right. It had all sorts of springs and gizmos that didn't want to go back quite right.
I really don't want to splice it. The part is $25 and there would be some sort of shop charge at my local repair place. I'm wondering if the guts of this thing are simple enough that I can get in there and do the replacement myself.
thanks,
Roger