On Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at 10:34:48 PM UTC-8, pyotr filipivich wrote:
As in "Yes" or "not a good idea"?

[want to] replace the power cord on
the 5150. {Skilsaw]
But they don't make those anymore.

So, I'm thinking maybe I could get a "generic"cord and just swap
that. Any ideas?

There's a plug, cord, strain relief, and some terminated wires involved.
Ideally, you'd get a similar-diameter cord, remove the old wires from the
strain relief, and by stretching the vinyl sheathing, extract the old sheath
from that strain relief (which is usually molded on top of the cable). Then
any cord that fits snugly can be threaded through the original strain relief.

Crimping or soldering the right terminations onto the wires is a hassle, but
they DO still make those fittings. Match the colors of the old wire with the new ones.
US normally uses green-white-black, European standard is green/yellow-blue-brown,
so if there's no white wire, use the blue one... green and green/yellow
are grounds, the two-conductor cords won't have those colors.