Kimball cord repair

[Horace Greeley]

Hi, Tom,

Thanks!...very cool.

Best.

Horace


Quoting Thomas Cole <tcole at cruzio.com>:

> 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!!!!
>
>
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