On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:00:59 -0700 (PDT), Robatoy
wrote the following:

On Jun 29, 7:07*pm, Chuck wrote:
Robatoy wrote:
On Jun 29, 5:09 pm, "Lobby Dosser" wrote:
"HeyBub" wrote in message

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Lobby Dosser wrote:
"Robatoy" wrote in message
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When I sold my company, one of the tools dear to me was the Fein
MultiTool.
Got an e-mail ad from Woodcraft today. Fein set for $399. But Wait!!
There's More!! You also get Over $560 in Accessories!!
They must be feeling the pain.
Reason number 4 why I like the Fein I bought lo these many years ago
is that extra long cord.
Good point. Some years back, I bought a spool of zip cord. I use it to add
about twenty feet to almost all my power tools, vacuum and shop cleaners,
etc.
Why didn't I think of that! (SMACKS FOREHEAD!!)

I DID think of that but took it one step further. I installed a
connector so if I didn't need all of the length, I could just
disconnect the added cord and still use the cord that came with the
tool straight into the receptacle. That longer cord is also usable
with other tools. Pretty clever, eh?

They call these "extension cords" I saw them at Home Depot.

Story of my life. I come up with a good idea and somebody beat me to
it. I even developed the idea out to the option of making different
lengths. Oh well.

Have you ever run a chop saw on a zip cord extension? I'll give it 7
seconds before you say:

"Saaaaaay, what's that molten plastic smell? It seems to be getting
stronger. Yikes, looky them sparks! Why is it so dark in here?

--
The most powerful factors in the world are clear ideas
in the minds of energetic men of good will.
-- J. Arthur Thomson