Cord loop repair jig.

[gordon stelter]

That's nice, but it might be hard to keep all the
cords a uniform length like this, as the toothpick
tends to disturb the cord. I made a  jig for all the
loops on the jacks of the Browne action I just did, by
filing a  notch in a 1x1 pice of square aluminum tube.
The jack sits in the notch, with the face of the jack
that is to get the loop against the back "wall".  I
then drilled a hole in the wall, at the right height
for the end of the loop to reach whjen pulled down 
over the back wall from the jack. A piece of wood (
clothespin ) with a little peg 
( made from a  toothpick ) protruding from it is then 
held against the outside of this wall, with the cord
looped over the tiny post, and through the jack.
Squeezing this together with one hand, while holding
the waste ends of the cord taut, I could insert the
glue-ey toothpick without disturbing anything. A
simple visual check of the cord looped around the
post, and feeling for some tension on the waste ends,
made sure. Very accurate.
     For pushing the old plugs out, I filed a #10x32
thread ( I think ) machine screw down to make a 
stouter "punch" for the end of my center pin punch.
Wetting the old plug and letting it sit a bit loosened
the glue, and this then pushed the old cord and plug
out neatly, without drilling.
     Thump




--- Horace Greeley <hgreeley at stanford.edu> wrote:

> 
> 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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