yep, I don't just argue here, I work in the shop too

[J Tiers]

I'm refurbishing a Dumore 44 that I picked up for little $$ recently.

Turns out that the cord was so bad that when I went to put a new plug on it, the insulation on the wires just broke off and left bare wires. The outer cover was fine, I never suspected it.

So I had to replace the cord. Well, that of course showed up the fact that the cord was never secured to the case, it just went in through a grommet, without a positive protection against pulling out, or pushing in.

It's too small for a standard plastic strain relief, so I decided to make one, just because it seemed like fun. It's for SJOOW, so I could use aluminum.







Works fine. The only problem is that even after shortening it (the view on the cord is before shortening) it turns out that the cord interferes with the unit going into the box. They only left about 1/4 inch, too little even for the old grommet, really.

So I'll have to re-locate the cord entry on the motor. Oh well... more work.

[HarryG]

What is SJOOW?

[J Tiers]

What is SJOOW?

SJ cable is the usual "line cord" which has the internal wires, plus some paper packing strips, and a rubber outer jacket. It's "junior" hard service cable.

Different from ordinary line cord like a computer power cord, which is just a thermoplastic outer jacket extruded around the wires.

The OOW part is oil resistant and water resistant, plus another that I forget at the moment.

[rdfeil]

J Tiers,

OOW - oil resistance, 'other' chemical resistance (typically acids, solvents and fuels), water resistance. In other words, just about the best thing in a shop short of jacketed armored cable

Robin

[Your Old Dog]

you make better parts then arguments

was the background blue and is that why the aluminum part looks so much like brass on my screen as the camera color balance warmed it up?

[Circlip]

Yep, and rubber is rubber and metal is metal and bang usually occurs when metal cuts rubber with the magic smoke running through it JT. A plastic collet inside your alloy outer would have looked fine.

Regards Ian.

[PTSideshow]

you make better parts then arguments

was the background blue and is that why the aluminum part looks so much like brass on my screen as the camera color balance warmed it up?

Scott shop towels and incandescent bulbs ?

[oldtiffie]

you make better parts then arguments

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I wonder if some (any??) one thought JT was just a pretty face up 'til then??

JT = please tell us you're not blonde!!!

[J Tiers]

I wonder if some (any??) one thought JT was just a pretty face up 'til then??

JT = please tell us you're not blonde!!!

Well, most of us TURN kinda blonde as we get older!

As for the metal/rubber/bang theory........ the "collet" grabs the outer jacket over s significant length, and the 'closing nut" has a gradual internal curve to it that prevents the "collet" part from seeing any bending where it grabs the jacket..... and controls the bending from there out. I've seen similar on other equipment.

Blue? Yes. Shop towel background and fluorescent light. If your screen shows it other than blue, there may be an issue with your screen. It shows up as sky blue for me, which is what it really is.

Hey, the blue background works well for those machine tool scalpers in LA, "Reliable tool".

[lynnl]

Looks like copper parts on a grayish greenish blueish background on my screen. (mostly grayish actually)

Oh God, here goes another bout with Evan.