Restring Spool for Black & Decker Trimmer / Edger 

Thanks for the video. Does anyone know why the string would not feed automatically?

I had a stroke a year and a half ago and the hardest adjustment for me is getting frustrated super easy. I end up wanting to throw something. To that end, I have taken up the habit of watching every available video about something new I have purchased to avoid as much frustration as possible. This was the only video on my new weedwhacker that I needed to watch. Thank you so much, you are like a God to me, I wish my doctors could do as much LOL!

Thank you for this video! I had problems with the autofeed as well. I restrung like you did and no problems since!

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.

Thanks. I've strung these weed eaters every spring and knew I was prob doing it wrong, though it worked, I'm glad to know how to do it right. Thanks for showing.

BEST instructional video EVER! your clear and concise directions and your calm voice made it so easy for me to follow. I have severe hand arthritis so every movement really hurts. Watching your instructions helped me accomplish a painful task in minimal time. I’m looking forward to watching all your videos. Thank you so much!

As a brand new homeowner with zero lawn care experience, this video was a life saver. Thank you!

Thank you for making this video. My mom came to me with an empty spool. Not sure why, but whatever. Thanks to you I refilled the spool with the correct tools.

I been trying to restring my electric Black and Decker for the last hour and I have both size lines you have. Just gonna go with .065 for now cause not sure if I can make those holes as well as you. But thank you so much for sharing and helping me. Really appreciate it. Happy Holidays to you and your Ohana! God bless...

I just watched your video. I hope this works. I asked my Husband 2 weeks ago to do this, he didn't, so I'm doing it. Now I'm going in my yard to test it.

Thank you so much for this! I restrung mine for the first time and it wasn't feeding. From you video, I learned that I wound it the wrong way. Working great now!

Justin, your honest teaching style was effective in re-stringing this edger. Thanks. I had trouble with the auto feed too for some mysterious reason (s).

So far the best video on this that I have found....you have a great way to show and talk about what you are doing and your voice is easy to listen to...I am now going to go watch the other shorter video you made about this...

Enjoyed your video. I found it is best to stay with the original thickness 0.065". I made a video of an older design from b&d and found I needed to wind opposite direction of the arrow. You are right that the string must be wound tightly like the factory or it will not auto feed correctly.

Thank you. I have restrung before listening to you. This is the first time restringing has worked. I am so glad. I could hardly believe it.

It's 2022 and this really helped me. My dad passed in May and I really dreaded having to figure this out. I appreciate the way you taught this and I got it in the first try. ❤️

Nice video! I almost gave up on my 0.08" line until I watched the correct way to feed the line unto the spool. Works fine.

Great video! I ended up picking up a similar .080 weed eater string in a 100ft roll. Just restrung one of my spools and can't wait to go out and try it out!

Thanks for sharing, I am going to try this. I was very kinda pissed off a little at black and decker thinking I would have to spend 20 dollars buying new string when I can get 100 ft for 5 dollars. I will give this a try, really need to trim and edge my yard

Thank u! Been trying to figure this out for my mom for awhile now

I wasted half an hour trying to re fill the spool and your video solved my problem in a few minutes! Thank u!

Thanks. I have a B&D but not that model and have been fighting rewrapping the spool for years. I read the supplied instructions several times to no avail. The rewrapping went the smoothest ever.

I try this, just wonderful. Thanks for the video you explain it very well.

This was the most accurate video I watched to restring the spool. In the end, you say that you don't know why it is still not feeding properly. By watching a couple of other videos and then following your directions, the difference comes up at the very end. You mention locking the end of the string on the edge of the spool to prevent it from unwinding while it's inserted into the housing. That's mentioned in other videos and very necessary! But, right after the string is inserted through the final external hole and as the spool is seated into the housing, the end of the string should be released from the edge of the spool. Maybe that just didn't make it into the video. Mine fed perfectly following that procedure. I'm using the .065. Again, the video detail on attaching and winding the string was the best and I had no problems first wind! Thanks!

THANK YOU, everyone else's videos didn't help because my machine is different (and like yours).. so really appreaciated this

Thanks for this helpful video! I also managed to find biodegradable line to thread the spool with, which is a bonus.

Enjoyed the video... Took my time restringing the spools. In the past I would do it in my garage..Hot, and I was tired. This time I did 6 on my couch in the AC watching golf and took my time. Ran the feed around the spool tight and did that 2x per spool. The real test will be when I go use it, hoping the auto feed work without any issues.

I'm going to trying this on the weekend. The regular line breaks too fast with the type of grass I have here. Maybe a thicker line will work better for me. Thank you for an amazing video!

Mine did the same thing but I decided to take it out and put it back in with the arrow close to the hole I threaded the string through. Then it worked fine. Thanks for the video... I thought I was the only one who was having that problem.

I used the same .080 halfway full and the auto-feed worked perfectly. Thanks for sharing this.

This helped a lot. I was having trouble restringing this thing, but you helped me figure out what was causing my problems. It was two things. First, that stupid little hole wasn't big enough to take the new string I got, which was a little thicker than the original. All this time, all I needed to do was make the hole a little bigger? Yep, I did what you did and it then worked fine. But what REALLY helped me was the second tip I picked up from your video: Must play death metal while working on this thing! So now, yeah... I iz a pro!

Thank you so much! This video helped me reuse my disposable Black and Decker whipper snipper spools and it even helped me save money on new Black and Decker whipper snipper spools for more than $20 for only 3 spools that have only 30ft of whipper snipper line! I bought a package of 0.065in whipper snipper line that has 300ft of whipper snipper line for only $15.99. I could refill my spool up to like 10-12 times depending on how much line you put on the spool, plus it’s really easy to do!

Great job! Thank you. I am going to try and restring mine now!

I use my drill, a large drillbit, gob some blue painters tape on and make the spool fit and somewhat center it. Then once you get it started use the drill to wind it on the spool. Super fast! It comes out of the bulk holder really fast too.

Thank you very much for making this video man lol The music during the winding was killer !

It helped a great deal. Not quite same head spool etc but your instructions gave me the energy 2 think!!!! lol Gooo on friend

thankyou i saved alot restringing i bought 200ft of .065 shakespeare balistic twist commercial grade trimmer line at tractor supply and so far it working great

I'm 72 YO & had never successfully loaded the string! Thanks for showing me how to do it!

Thanks for sharing. I have a spool of .096 but sounds like it will work. Save a lot of money and last longer. I subscribed. You have helped enough people to fill up 7.68 Georgia Domes. wow! Capacity well was 60K

Just spent a couple of hours trying to figure out feed issues with my B&D weed whacker. So frustrating. So "line feed" success of the weed whacker is impacted by the flexibility of the line. Who knew?! So if the manufacturers change the specs of the line itself, the performance of the weed whacker is impacted. I never would have guessed that I would have to let the line sit wound on the spool for a day before operating the machine. I wonder if that has always been the case. It would have been a long time before I figured it out. I've used weed whackers for years and never had much trouble until recently. I don't shop Amazon, so I hope I can find the line you are recommending elsewhere. Thanks for the tips. Very helpful. I don't know how we ever got along without RU-vid.

Thank you. My spool came undone? Was all twisted to shit in there. This really helped.

Thanks for the video, every year I need a little reminder! :)

Thank you for this video nobody has this done this video thank you!!!

Thanks for the tips. I was hoping you had a faster way to string it. It's quite tedious. If you don't get the rows level, I think this is why it stops continually and I have to remove the cap and reset the string. Yes. You can buy pre strung spools and move on smoothly but they are expensive compared to re stringing your own. Plus if you have a large job, they don't last long.

Thanks for the video. The little lever inside the spool shroud came off and I cannot figure out which way it faces. Can you explain that little lever.

Thank you! Lent my weedwhacker to neighbor who restrung it and it was all messed up. So going to give this a try! I have a jungle to cut through...😆

It is helpful to 'paint' the arrows showing the direction to wind. I use red or orange fingernail polish. Thanks for the video, and suggestion for the line size and brand.

I'm pretty mechanically inclined, Except for Installing String on Trimmers...smh..This helped a lot as i have the exact same trimmer. Thanks!

Thank you, i will try this.

I needed the hole adjustment tip (despite what John Fuller says. LOL). The hardware nearest me only stocks thicker lines for gas trimmers. And the other one a little further away had for electric trimmers but they buy giant reels and pre-cut them in shorter lengths for sale. And the sales lady had no info on what thickness it actually was. So I had a hell of a time trying to thread the thing. A comparison between what the trimmer came with and what I got now doesn't seem too great - since I had a hell of a time trying to get out the previous bit too - haha.

Thank you so much I haven’t done this in years(I’m 82) appreciate the refresher course🥰

Thank you so much is my first time with pobre string black and decker even when I thought I knew how your video made it easy. Thank you again.

Thx for your help. I have a different model & my spool is black n decker & it has a groove on the inside that U slide the string into initially. It does not load from the top. That May make a difference.

great job, i subs'd. did wat u said, still having issues with auto feeding, i wound it tight, but i have 2 take cover off and manually do, do i hav to il some of the components or inspect them, strange?

Thanks. You gave me the answer of how to use multiple levels of the string. I was not sure if you could do that overlapping. I did keep with regular size and it works fine.

Thanks so much for this... this is exactly what I was looking for, as mine (same brand as yours) didn’t come with any instructions! I appreciate it, Sir! 😎

Thank you for your time.

Thanks this helped me!

Great vid - I have issues with the auto feed as well, this was very helpful

This was very helpful. Thank you! Additionally, your choice of music was excellent...

Great vid. Thx for the tutorial.

Ty man =) Just did the same procedure here in Costa Rica.

Thanks man!

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great instructive video.......have a happy fathers day!!!

Can't tell you how many times I've dropped it just as I've finished winding it! 😮

Thank you! I was ready to chuck the weed wacker!

Thanks for the great video.

Dude, thanks... saved me a lot of trouble

I guess this is cheaper? My b&d quit auto feeding so I bought a ryobi that’s similar. I wonder if I could do the same thing with their spool that comes with it? What ya think?

Thanks bud👍

You’re hired. Faster than Mach 8. Wow.

Very helpful. Thanks 😊

Great video. Thank you.

Gracias por el video , fue de mucha ayuda para mí

Thanks for the help!

Ty very much. I was def starting it wrong

I don't want it coming out automatically. Went through a whole spool the first time I used the thing. Had to keep it from auto feeding and if I need more, I remove the head and ease some out.

Thank You for your video..it help me

Thanks for this vid. It helped a lot.

Totally helped; thank you so much 👏😁

Not only will using larger line cause feed issues but it can actually damage your equipment. If you want a better line solution switch to commercial grade trimmer line. I use MaxiEDGE .065. Try to avoid square lines as they can cause feed issues as well.

like the musical background!!!

Thanks Saved the day.😊

Thanks for the video.life saver,👍

Ok, great vid but MY PROBLEM is that the actual black spool that you wrap the new spool onto is stuck on. How do I get that off? Thanks

Good video, thank you 👍

👍 Gracias!

Thank you, your video help me

The string you are using is too big if enlarging the hole in the first step is necessary. Also, you didn't remove the end of the string from the slot to temporarily hold it from unraveling before inserting the disc into trimmer base. That, along with using a string too big keeps it from auto feeding.

Wish me luck 😁 I followed your instructions to a T 💪

Thank you it's solved a mystery 🤠

appreciate the video

The line needs to be wound in the opposite direction of the arrow, the same way as the prewound ones are. The arrow shows direction of rotation. Feeds easier loaded anticlockwise.

Thank you.

Just curious since I don't see it on here what type of string would work for the Black and Decker LST201?

Thanks man....

Good video! You're pretty mellow man I like it. And cool shirt too!!!

Thanks dude..

Thank you for the information. This helped me alot. What is the name of the song you used it rocks!