Kimball cord repair

[Thomas Cole]

Avery,

This is not difficult if you have a couple of simple tools.

With a wippen in your hand, drill out the old cord and plug big enough 
to accommodate the new cord plus a round toothpick (snug fit). I use a 
needle threader (loop of fine wire) to get the cord through the cleaned 
out hole. For example, insert the threader into the hole from the loop 
side of the jack. Take a length of new cord (silk, Dacron, whatever), 
fold it in half and put the folded end through the threader about an 
inch and pull it through.

Next, you'll need a jig (a dowel or a flat piece of wood) sized to just 
fit into a factory made loop. Put this through the new loop and pull out 
the slack. Dip a toothpick into some white or yellow glue and poke it 
into the hole from the other side. Cut with flush cutters. You're done.

The above works well in the shop. If you are just doing one or two in 
the field, you could probably skip the dowel and eyeball the loop size.

Tom Cole

Avery wrote:

> Paul,
>
> I'd like to know this, also. I just replaced one of those on a Baldwin 
> SD-10
> and I had hell doing it. Drilling out the plug/dowel in the jack and 
> getting the new
> cord in there. I hope someone has some good suggestions about how to 
> do this better.
> Mine worked, but I'd sure like to know a better way of doing it!!!!