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So my dad and I were gardening and the hedge trimmer stopped working. My dad tried lots of things but he couldn't figure out what went wrong, so I scrapped it. Moments after I cut the motor in half he noticed that the extension cord was cut...lesson: MAKE SURE STUFF IS ACTUALLY BROKEN BEFORE YOU CHOP IT INTO LITTLE PIECES.
Lol.....
yeah...umm anything i get from that is going to the new trimmer
But as good news the body turned out to be aluminum!
Lesson learned.
lol - Sounds like you got right on that thing. That is one motivated scrapper.
So as the saying goes - if it ain't broke don't fix it ....... or scrap it.
Once in a scrapping frenzy I grabbed my drill and cut the cord off, dumb.
yup, thats what happened the trimmer cut the cord cuz we didnt notice it was draped over the bush
Two 25 cent twist caps would have solved it.
My extension cord has 4 or 5 areas like this because my mother in law borrows it to trim her hedges and cut through it every few months. Now I have a nice new extension cord and I have a mother in law extension cord. When she comes over to borrow my cord I give her the cut up one and I keep my nice on hidden.
well whatev we have another cable
Hey, that's not a Black & Decker was it? I was just given one that needs a new switch from where the guy cut thru his cord and shorted/burned the switch up.Quote:
Originally Posted by tryingtoscrap
LOL... this is the story of my life...
Arkad
that's funny. Thanks for sharing
I once cut the plug end off of my drill battery charger on accident
scrapping my old grinders and other tools always makes me feel like a canibal
I almost did the same thing to my skill saw untill my friend told me to check and see if the blade was lose.
**** funny when you find that the only reason a appliance didn't work was a 50cent item....
Or even worse is when you take it apart to see what was wrong with it and come to find out that the plug in fell out of the wall socket.Quote:
Originally Posted by eesakiwi
I think something got lost in translation.Quote:
Originally Posted by deragoku
lol at kiwi's joke. I found a Milwaukee saw saw worth 100 dollars at the dump the closest end to the saw has some electrical tape around it. I have to hold it a certain twisted direction but it works if i hold it still long enough to cut thru.