Refill your own Black & Decker AFS String Trimmer Spool and save! 

You are the Bob Ross of lawn maintenance.

Having got crazily stressed trying on my own and getting it wrong many times, your calm voice relaxed me totally and I achieved the perfect re-wound strimmer spool! Thank you so much ☺

Great thorough instructions and an even better video, Black and Decker needs to sign you to a contract to do their instructional videos!!!

you got a whole Mr Rogers type of Bob Ross Bob Vila thing going on with your voice cool! thanks for the tips🙂👍

....it’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day in the neighborhood 😄

My yard has been going crazy w/all this rain lately and all I have is a weed eater and w/prices now...the line I used to get went from $5 to $12 so now, I was looking for a how to video. After several "meh" ones I'm glad I ran into yours. Thanks for the thorough explanation. I was about to sub but I noticed this was your last video in 4 years.

Thank you for the instructions...(to me) you sound like the Bob Ross of Black & Decker line replacement...you need to be on PBS!

Brilliant video tutorial and you have a very soothing voice! I have always struggled with replenishing the line, but feel confident after watching you demonstrate 😊👏👏

Thanks for your patient voice! Yep, I got the hang of it. Now we can "roll your own"!

Very informative and also relaxing to listen to! I agree with the person who commented this was like listening to Bob Ross. Thanks for the great video!

I felt like this was a "Bob Ross" tutorial😃! "Put the pretty green line, in the hole! Ever so gently"!!! 😂.....Thank you for taking your time to share! Works Great, save yourself some 💰!!!

PLEASE, start another channel for guided meditation! Your voice is perfect

You're so patient...and all this time you are so calm...soothing

Unintentional ASMR

All the "how to" videos ive watched that just annoyed the hell out of me cuz they just yapped and yapped and went on and on for 30 mins or more. Just for the actual info to literally be only 2 mins long. And then i find your video... I could listen to you talk about nothing aaallll day. You would do extremely well doing hypnosis audios. Youre voice and speech are incredibly hypnotic. ❤️

Thankyou sooo much. Instructions were clear and concise...and I could see clearly as you worked up close!!!!!!

I saw a video where the guy used his drill to wind it kind of like a singer bobbin. He didn't show exactly how to secure it in the beginning so thank you for that.

This was unintentional ASMR. You should start another ASMR channel. You almost sounded exactly like Mr. Rodgers. 😂

So relaxing to hear your voice. i might overdub it with some chill-out down-tempo music

Thank you for an excellent tutorial on loading line! The manufacturer's instructions were useless and I bet intentional inorder to sell ready made spools.

Just what I needed today. Was given a B&D Weed Eater and guess what? The line ran out today. The Wife had some old spare line laying around, so I thought I'd call up the Operator (The Matrix) and learn how to refill one of these. Thanks!

You're da Best!!!! Thank You ever so much for the super great explanation!!

"A happy little trimmer line lives right here. If you're sitting out on your porch watching the birds as you wind this you should be careful they don't mistake the line for a nice skinny worm".... Nice video :)

so relaxing. lol. I was just wrapping mine like an anarchist - all messy. I will do better now. :)

Good video. For people complaining about you should have edited it, I disagree. Was good to watch it "soup to nuts". You can speed up the video if you like to watch it faster to save time if you like. So about how many "rows" until it is full? About 5? Thanks for the video!

I feel slightly hypnotized... 😅 hopefully I remember it all! Thanks for this 👍

Oh wow. Awesome video. I’ve been having trouble for years and now I don’t have to worry about wasting line. Thank you!

I had to rewatch this two times your soothing voice had me falling asleep around the 7 minute mark lol . Tomorrow I’ll be trying this on my machine! Thanks🤓

Fuck that, just use double-wrap aircraft safety wire, done!

I enjoyed your ASMR-like presentation. Very relaxing. Probably more relaxing than actually rewinding the spool.

Amazing!! Bob Ross of trimmer lines. Made it an art form

Great explanation and great job...THANK YOU...STRAIGHT TO THE POINT....🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

You lost me at “you’ve got to take your time”

Many thanks.......I would just wrap the line any old which way, and of course I would have feeding problems.....like you say keep it tight and smooth no endless overlaps.

Mine want let the string feed back out after it wears down,,what have I done?!!

Your voice is so calm and soothing I almost fell asleep Lol. You could probably make a ton of money recording and selling audio children's bedtime stories zzzzzzzzzz.........

Excellent... I didn't know I could do more than one row..had to keep changing it!!!

Thank you so much! Great teaching❤

Thank-you! After watching four other videos, finally one that makes sense and shows the close-ups I needed.

Thanks for not skipping over any details. I needed to see and hear the whole procedure. 😁🤸‍♀️

A big thankyou and just subscribed you channel.

So there is a little switch inside where the head goes. I call it a switch . but it's like a little plastic piece that moves back and forth a couple degrees that slides along the gears for the auto line to work. Is there supposed to be a spring attached to that? I've tried to respool 3 times and the line is constantly coming out I was thinking a little spring got out, or does that move back and forth freely? Thank you if you know what I'm talking about

Very thorough, except you missed the bit where you get right near the end but it gets free, drops and unspools. Your forgot that bit.

Too boring. I was expecting more

Hhhh, great video and I like your patience and sense of humour buddy. You are so amazing. Keep on posting such useful videos.

Bro terima kasih penjelasan dan sangat berguna saya memakai GL4525 black+ Decker berapa diameter ukuran senar penggantinya?? Terima kasih

We love you, Mister Rogers.

Is this an ASMR video? If so - it works.

Thank you I didn’t realize you could layer the string. Now I have more line on hand!

P.S. you have a real kind voice you should look into doing instructional videos.

Thanks. I know now why my trimmer line keeps flying off. Thanks. Nice conversation you got going there too as you wind and wind. Good job making a trimmer line video worth watching, not an easy task!

You’re supposed to wind it?! I’ve just been putting in one tiny piece at a time 🤣🤣😂 and I mean, like, for years! 😝

Nice job. What an awesome voice. Very calming like Bob Ross!

This guy is the Bob Ross of weed whacking

Using your instructions I have successfully restrung my B & D line trimmer several times. It's a little tedious, however, considering the savings I can put up with it. I noticed that it helps to pare down the line at its end with a utility knife in order to first insert it into the small hole. I would recommend purchasing some extra pre-strung spools to have on hand when the original spool becomes worn and bites the dust. In addition I would suggest purchasing a spare orange cap with spring. Some ebay sellers have a six pack of the black pre-strung spools with an orange cap and spring included. Thanks for posting this. Very helpful.

I measure out several 30’ lengths of string and wrap them back onto an empty string roll for storage . I find that this saves the most time when I sit down and do multiple spools .

If Mr. Rogers had a son.

. That was so calming and therapeutic. Many thanks .

Thank you for this!

This is ASMR for dads.

I know this video is 6 years old but I am just now coming across this and it would've saved me lots of money since I do use a B&D and Craftsman string trimmer. I wonder if you could use tape down at the bottom when you first wind it around to hold that part in place before winding it?

And here I came to the comments, thinking I had an original "it's the Mr. Rogers/Bob Ross of weed trimmers!" thought to share. **sigh**

Thank you so much

The best! Thank you! When I saw 14 minutes I looked for other (shorter) videos but came back to this. Glad I did! So thorough! No fast forwarding. The last step was crucial for me: how to hold the line after you finish winding it. Really appreciated the comments about sore thumb muscles too. Excellent!

I measure out several 30’ lengths of string and wrap them back onto an empty string roll for storage . I find that this saves the most time when I sit down and do multiple spools .

Yours is the best video The Black & Decker video didn't even put it in the hole correctly so you could bend it over like you showed. Kudos

I tried the ebay, amazon prestrung spool and none works with my trimmer. I have to do it the hard way you did and man, I can tell you it's tedious as hell. Your thumb will probably appreciate (or not) the exercise!!! And as you said DON'T LET IT SLIP OUT OF YOUR HAND! I almost finished once and accidentally drop it and all the bad words I know just came out of my mouth!!!

Feel the burn! Thanks for this tutorial :)

I have a similar spool and could not find a video on it. This helped a lot and helped me understand which hole to put it in.

Am trying to restring a 2mm cos its the nearest to1.65mm i can find online. Anyone having opinion, pls share. Thumbs numb already, cannot put through first hole, so, u tied the first end and then loop in. Will it work?

My AFS doesn’t look like yours. Furthermore, every one that I buy the plastic ends up falling apart. Black&Decker’s quality has really went down the toilet, but I think it’s intentional. It’s all just to get us to spend money on the high costing products.

It's a much bigger "apin" if you are using shrpe edged trimmer line instead of the round profile stuff.

Ive had this trimmer for years and i had no idea you could even buy pre strung spools like this, like i assumed if i wanted a replacement that it would come pre strung, but i couldnt fathom buying spools in bulk.

Wow, those beautiful soft hands actually do yard work?? :)

I bought a new spool for the second hand GL330 I bought but then had to manually unwind and rewind the spool that was on it anyway cause it turned out to be stuck... atleast it works now.

I had a model older than this one that I love. My sister has difficulty with tools that are too heavy and she actually loved mine and found it easy to use ru-vid.comUgkx_rBCFuDW1zD6blTGhLkvAkxU657uR_lG . This is a newer model but was even lighter which she really appreciates. She enjoys it and I no longer have to go to her house to trim as she can handle it fine. Haven't used it enough to comment on the battery life but lithium batteries last longer than the old style. Being cordless makes it easy to trim the far edges of the property. The entire yard can be trimmed with one charged battery.

I bought a prestrung one that never worked….could never find the end. This is not something you want to do in the middle of the job. I know what I’m going to do while watching Better Call Saul. Thank you.

I wanted to re-order the 3 pack that I ordered from Amazon in July of 2017, In which I paid $10.65. Now the price of it as of May 2019.....$18.45!!! WTF, I'll be re-stringer mine from now on.

I think if you reel out that specific measurement of line and cut it it would not coil tight on you, it seems like you're fighting it more than you have to. You need to let the free end spin around as your coiling, right? Like a pressure washer hose or a ball of line,You have to let the free end spin around as you're coiling. Thank you for the video though,Just what I needed.

tape the feed mechanism. The B&D goes thru string about 100x faster than it should.

I watched this whole, long winded, stupid, video and you didn’t even show how you put it back on the Timmer! D’OH! Lol

What is your favorite trimmer? Ty

Can 0.095" trimmer lines be used with Black and Decker tools?

When you pop it into the machine to use and thread it through the outside hole do you take it out of the last”holding spot” where it wouldn’t unravel? Im a newbie

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The new role is over 600ft. Looks like your weekend is spent. Thanks again!

Thank you! Your voice reminds me of Bob Ross. 😁

Thank you SO MUCH for taking the time to post this. I thought I’d have to buy a new strimmer but it had just come undone inside. Brilliant!

What do you do when the afs system starts to let all its line out? if there a fix for that?

Hey inventors…invent a large bobbin winder that attaches to the motor of the whacker. Thank you.

Thanks!

thx for the tips awesome vide, are you related to mr rogers by any chance you made me feel so comfortable and safe here LOL thx

Did that pretty neat but it keeps jamming. Now it got cut a d the loose end is buried somewhere in the reel and can't see it.

Costly? I doubt if they even make these any more. Save a lotta dough? Ha, ha!

You can buy aftermarket ones on Amazon with 30 ft. of line for about $2 a piece when you buy 6 to 10 spools. I got 8 spools with a new cap and spring for $19 and they work very well.

Thanks for the video. I'm chilling and winding my trimmer line now. Good times.

Excellant. Thank you for the step by step guide. Appreciated.

but how to you get the line to get longer,do i have to tap it on the ground,for it to get longer ?

Lordy, all I want is to know hours to refill. To much info for me. 😢

Good instructions. Thanks for sharing.