08-28-2012, 04:06 PM
Well, this post is a mixture of various parts of working my way through my 111. I thought I might share with the construction of a trimmer adjustment tool first. I know I have seen a thread on this some time ago, some where but seems to me it involved some plastic material I don't have. After working on my 112 with a 1/4" socket and small ratchet due to the fact my spin tight was not long enough and suffering through adjust, remove the adjusting tool and finding it was off. Repeat until such time you got the best. Well not fun so I decided to find something to make a devise that would not mess up the adjustment.
I started by looking in my junk pile and found a 1/4" standoff. Nice, it had some length to it. Next, some heat shrink tubing, it was a tight fit over the standoff. I knew it wasn't going to be strong enough for the handle so I found some drip line plastic tubing that went inside the shrink tubing with a fair fit. Pushed down to the standoff. Hit the whole thing with the heat gun. Gave the handle some strength.
Next, about 1/2" of the same tubing which took a while to stretch open to a larger inside diameter and worked it over the nut end of the assembly. Once again, heat gun. Now I had a double thickness for the operating end. Removed the stand off and indeed a nice 1/4" nut driver. Still was not as tough as I figured I needed for cracking open those trimmers that had been in one place for 70+ years. So, a nice thick coat over the operating end with JB Weld. Made it quite tough and easy to break those trimmers to start moving. Something one can do with materials in most of your shops.
Next is a picture of the shield for the 111. I know what the label is suppose to look like on the back. I have a reproduced one made for the 111. Could someone please advise me of the current part of the label? I can change the model # and perhaps the P/N but uncertain of the watts.
One more question, if you look at the top of the shield, it appears that there was a larger label on the top. No idea what it was or what it looks like. Any help or a picture so it might be reproduced?
Thanks for you inputs. I will be posting again on this thread on my findings or lack there of on the high pitched noise everyone can hear but me. I finally got around to hooking up my scope and it doesn't look like oscillation. It is what I would call random and frequent spikes of noise. Something like I would expect with some part breaking down. All caps with the exception of the mica ones have been replaced all resistors out of spec as well.
I apologize for the mixture of items on this thread but thought it would be better to keep it in one place.
Thanks again for your help.
Jerry
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I started by looking in my junk pile and found a 1/4" standoff. Nice, it had some length to it. Next, some heat shrink tubing, it was a tight fit over the standoff. I knew it wasn't going to be strong enough for the handle so I found some drip line plastic tubing that went inside the shrink tubing with a fair fit. Pushed down to the standoff. Hit the whole thing with the heat gun. Gave the handle some strength.
Next, about 1/2" of the same tubing which took a while to stretch open to a larger inside diameter and worked it over the nut end of the assembly. Once again, heat gun. Now I had a double thickness for the operating end. Removed the stand off and indeed a nice 1/4" nut driver. Still was not as tough as I figured I needed for cracking open those trimmers that had been in one place for 70+ years. So, a nice thick coat over the operating end with JB Weld. Made it quite tough and easy to break those trimmers to start moving. Something one can do with materials in most of your shops.
Next is a picture of the shield for the 111. I know what the label is suppose to look like on the back. I have a reproduced one made for the 111. Could someone please advise me of the current part of the label? I can change the model # and perhaps the P/N but uncertain of the watts.
One more question, if you look at the top of the shield, it appears that there was a larger label on the top. No idea what it was or what it looks like. Any help or a picture so it might be reproduced?
Thanks for you inputs. I will be posting again on this thread on my findings or lack there of on the high pitched noise everyone can hear but me. I finally got around to hooking up my scope and it doesn't look like oscillation. It is what I would call random and frequent spikes of noise. Something like I would expect with some part breaking down. All caps with the exception of the mica ones have been replaced all resistors out of spec as well.
I apologize for the mixture of items on this thread but thought it would be better to keep it in one place.
Thanks again for your help.
Jerry
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