DIY trimmer bobbin repair

Details: DIY trimmer bobbin repair from a real master for my.housecope.com.

From the body of the clamping nut, the boot protection cap was wiped off and the boot itself fell out. The guide splines are clogged with grass and soil. Soaking and turning the bobbin by hand does not help ...

The shops of the city do not have such a small and necessary spare part. There is a carrying head assembly AutoCut C 5-2 for 900 rubles. The price is prohibitive ...

I really wanted to save money.

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- Come on, think, the brain of the designer! What are the options? - I asked myself a question in the morning.

The first renovation project is to solder a new extension cap made of nylon or plastic.

He took a strip of sheet metal, clamped it in a yew and heated it with a flame of a gas burner. Then he attached both a part of the petrol cutter head and a thick plastic washer on both sides. After 2 seconds, he squeezed them together and allowed to cool. Not soldered ... Some cunning American plastic turned out to be. It does not combine with our polyethylene, polystyrene, polycarbonate.

I retreated to my previous positions and re-examined the pressure mechanism. Found enough clearance for a second renovation project.

From an old wind instrument I cut a piece of brass tube 25 mm long with an inner diameter of 27 mm. I cleaned the ends with emery and a file.

Then, with light hammer blows, he pressed the tube onto the plastic housing of the push mechanism sleeve.

From a birch stick I cut a cork 10 mm long with an outer diameter of 27 mm. and also pressed it into the brass tube from above, all the way into the sleeve.

To fix the structure, he punched the tube in a circle over the plastic with a sharp core and pressed the edge over a wooden plug with a hammer.

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To hold the native boot in the bobbin, it was necessary to clamp it in the chuck of the lathe and use a cutter to make a groove under the retaining ring 1 mm deep and 2 mm wide.

I bent the retaining ring itself on the cut of the water pipe from the bicycle spoke and bit off the excess in place.

After simple repairs, I installed the head on the petrol cutter, put on the boot, tucked in the fishing line and went out into the garden for testing. Everything is working! Properly! I pressed the updated ledge - the line was lengthened. After mowing, the boot remained in place. Slotted surfaces are not clogged with grass and earth.

The successful solution was re-implemented within the next hour on a second worn-out wear head. Now I have a spare!

If you look carefully at the attached drawings, you can guess to carve out a combined prosthesis "tube plus stopper" from a bronze blank.

Or even with a protective dust cap. Then the groove with the retaining ring is not needed.

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In the shops of the town there is no such small and suitable spare part. There is a carrying head assembly AutoCut C 5-2 for 900 rubles. The cost is prohibitive ...

I really wanted to save money.

- Come on, think, the brain of the designer! What are the options? - I asked myself a question in the morning.

The first renovation project is to solder a new extension cap made of nylon or plastic.

He took a strip of sheet metal, clamped it in a yew and heated it with a flame of a gas burner.Then he attached from 2 sides at once both the part of the head of the petrol cutter and a thick plastic washer. After 2 seconds, he squeezed them together and gave them to cool. Not soldered ... Some cunning South American plastic turned out to be. It does not mix with our polyethylene, polystyrene, polycarbonate.

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