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