On Nov 25, 5:15*pm, Jim Wilkins wrote:
On Nov 25, 4:46*pm, Jon Anderson wrote:

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Another area needing attention was the cord. No way was I going to find
a new one with a suitable strain relief molded.

Jon

You can often fabricate a sturdy if not always pretty strain relief
out of several layers of heatshrink, stepped in length to get the
taper that spreads out the bending strains, over a clamping ring of
tape, string or tie-wraps. Reheat it to soften it just before
squeezing the handle halves together and the heatshrink will mold
itself to the cavity better. *If you can find some the adhesive-lined
heatshrink will grip the cord tightly. Since there's rarely a push on
the cord a few tie-wraps inside the housing rather than in the groove
works pretty well too.

jsw, lab tech

Spark plug boots from an old set of car ignition wires sometimes can
also work well as strain reliefs for power tool cords.