The machine belongs to my mother. She has owned it for over 30 years and it has never failed us even with the power cord issue. They sure don't make em like they used to...
I used to struggle with those strain relief connectors for years until somebody told me that they actually make a tool for them. It isn't expensive and why didn't I get one years ago. It's one of those tools that you don't use every day but when you do it's just soooo much easier. ATB Doug
Ebay. Just search for strain relief pliers. I got the Philmore brand. Works well and saves a lot of potential damage to the equipment and your emotional wellbeing.
Nice repair, I would have done this also. I am also very frugal by most people's standards. But that's why I was able to retire 2 years ago at age 57. Yes, I have a company pension, but could have retired without it. I fix stuff too. Just got done changing the thermostat in my 2015 Dodge Dart. $400 to have a shop so it. Cost me $40 in parts and a couple new tools. Next I'll replace the heater core in my 1994 Ford Ranger pickup that I bought new and still have almost 25 years later.
No Pop Pop, Give it to Pop pop :-D Oddly enough i use exactly the same type of plyers to get those plastic cable gromits back in, most plyers slip or just don't compress evenly. They are using the same trick as cheap hair dryers, tapping on to the neutral end of the heating element, but it works :-D
Yes I know. Well this is my daughters boyfriends machine. He is one of the few young people that actually knows how to manage money and fixes things as oppose to tossing something for a simple fix. It's one thing to toss something that is at end of life but a damaged power cord is not end of life. That is maintenance. The environment would be much better off if more people did that.
Yes I know. So many young people have no discipline at all when it comes to money and blow it on silly, trivial things. Others that are old enough to know better get them self so over extended that they and up going bankrupt and think that is OK. I know a couple that has 2 teslas (both leased) live in a fancy rented house on the beach, go to Hawaii every year, and other destinations spending 20 to 30 grand every time. Now he is 60, she is 55 (I went to school with her) and they are thinking about retirement. Guess what, they have no assets. No home, 2 leased cars (business write offs) no savings, and being a small business, no company pension. They should have been putting money away for the future, and now both are in a very sad state of affairs. In addition both of their sons have huge student loans over 100 grand each. Not a good place to be in. Glad I never have to worry about that.
David, maybe this is a topic to include in your videos. Doesn’t have to preachy, but subtle. You have a large cadre of viewers, many are younger and might actually listen. Thanks for doing what you do and inspiring even us old guys (76) who have been out of this business for 35+ years to get back at it. By the way I have a close relative who did exactly what you described and now at age 72 is considering bankruptcy. Sad
@@tkempke It was engrained on me as a kid growing up not to waste my money and if I wanted something I needed to save for it. My parents never had credit cards. I was the first in my family to get one at 19. Sure my mother had department store credit cards, Sears ect bit never had a chargex or mastercharge. That was the original names for what is now Mastercard and Visa. It was engrained in my brain from a young age to not buy something unless I had the cash to pay for it. Since I was a young teen I lived that lifestyle. I have over the years owned 5 brand new cars and a brand new Harley Davidson. Never had a loan for any of them. The idea of paying interest put me off. In fact the only interest I have even paid to any bank is for the one time I borrowed money and that was to buy my house 93, paid off in full in 10 years and then I borrowed some more when I tore it down and built a new house on the lot. I did sacrifice a little for that. No expensive vacations. No trips around the world, no trips to the tropics. For 20 years I never even took a vacation. Now I dont have to worry about things but i know a few people that "lived the life of luxury" and these days they are under so much stress. One friend same age as me told me recently that he is going to have to work until at least 73 if he lives that long. I could retire today if i wanted but I figure I will go till 60 or 61, only because I would be bored if I left now.
An electrician friend used to always splice stranded wires like that. He would put a single twist, and then wind the copper back on itself and solder it or put a compression ring on it before taping over it with black tape. Did this with suspended Ariel wires That way the weight of the wire would pull the splice tighter.
It is basically a hair dryer.they are set up the same way. Main heater coil and secondary smaller heating element used as a dropper resistor for the motor. DC motor cheaper and lighter than ac motor.
