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How to rewind line on to strimmer head?
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Forgive me if this a no-brainer. I cannot rewind new line onto my black and decker electric strimmer. Its the type where you stop and start the motor to feed the line. It has a detachable red plastic cover over the line spooler. When this is removed the spooler just pulls off. The spooler has 2 separate channels where one winds each piece of line, and a couple of notches to hold the end of each piece line when it has been wound. When you replace the spooler in the machine the line feeds through 2 metal "gates" - the part the protrudes does the cutting. I am clearly missing the plot because when I wind on new line and then use it it lasts for @ 30 secs and then does not strim. When I look at the spooler the line has either withdrawn inside the spooler completely (i.e. not sticking through the "gate" and hence is not available for cutting) or in a tangled mess around the spooler. Is there a trick to this? How tight does one have to wind the line? Any help is much appreciated before I throw it away in frustration! Thanks - Adam |
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How to rewind line on to strimmer head?
"Adam Lipscombe" wrote in message ... Hi Forgive me if this a no-brainer. [...] Not at all. I have been through three cheap electric B&D strimmers in three years and am feeling pretty stupid for putting up with them. The last one had the double spool and no proper instructions. It was marked 'reflex plus', supposed to be auto feed but just covered the garden in short lengths of blue line before making a strong smell of hornby train set and dying quietly. Hopeless. Tim w |
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How to rewind line on to strimmer head?
"Chris Hogg" wrote in message ... On Tue, 20 May 2008 19:07:16 +0100, Adam Lipscombe wrote: Hi Forgive me if this a no-brainer. I cannot rewind new line onto my black and decker electric strimmer. Its the type where you stop and start the motor to feed the line. It has a detachable red plastic cover over the line spooler. When this is removed the spooler just pulls off. The spooler has 2 separate channels where one winds each piece of line, and a couple of notches to hold the end of each piece line when it has been wound. When you replace the spooler in the machine the line feeds through 2 metal "gates" - the part the protrudes does the cutting. I am clearly missing the plot because when I wind on new line and then use it it lasts for @ 30 secs and then does not strim. When I look at the spooler the line has either withdrawn inside the spooler completely (i.e. not sticking through the "gate" and hence is not available for cutting) or in a tangled mess around the spooler. Is there a trick to this? How tight does one have to wind the line? Any help is much appreciated before I throw it away in frustration! Thanks - Adam I have some sympathy with you and Tim. I think the secrets are winding it evenly, winding it tight, and winding it in the right direction (don't ask). I have yet to achieve all three simultaneously :-( -- Chris Gardening in West Cornwall overlooking the sea. Mild, but very exposed to salt gales E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net Just done one on a Bosch this weekend couldn't work it out so I had to cheat. Google a supplier of the spools and you should be able to tell which way to wind and how it fits through the ports in the coller the only tip I can give is err on the side of putting less line on you have more chance of getting it even enough to work rather than risking overfilling squeezing the last bit causes the problems ( 30 odd years of flyfishing comes to that tip ) Derek |
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How to rewind line on to strimmer head?
"Adam Lipscombe" wrote in message ... Hi Forgive me if this a no-brainer. I cannot rewind new line onto my black and decker electric strimmer. Its the type where you stop and start the motor to feed the line. It has a detachable red plastic cover over the line spooler. When this is removed the spooler just pulls off. The spooler has 2 separate channels where one winds each piece of line, and a couple of notches to hold the end of each piece line when it has been wound. When you replace the spooler in the machine the line feeds through 2 metal "gates" - the part the protrudes does the cutting. I am clearly missing the plot because when I wind on new line and then use it it lasts for @ 30 secs and then does not strim. When I look at the spooler the line has either withdrawn inside the spooler completely (i.e. not sticking through the "gate" and hence is not available for cutting) or in a tangled mess around the spooler. Is there a trick to this? How tight does one have to wind the line? Any help is much appreciated before I throw it away in frustration! Thanks - Adam Hi Adam Think I have the same strimmer.IIRC it has an arrow to show direction line has to be wound on the spool. It's important it's wound in the right direction otherwise it won't feed. HTH Clive in Kent |
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How to rewind line on to strimmer head?
Sorry I mistakenly said Black and Decker.
The strimmer is a Flymo Contour 500, which I think got a "recommended" report from which. They obviously never tried to put new line in their test model. Its galling that something that should be so simple is so difficult! I will have another go this evening and see if I can get any better results. Thanks - Adam Clive in Kent cliverholden wrote: "Adam Lipscombe" wrote in message ... Hi Forgive me if this a no-brainer. I cannot rewind new line onto my black and decker electric strimmer. Its the type where you stop and start the motor to feed the line. It has a detachable red plastic cover over the line spooler. When this is removed the spooler just pulls off. The spooler has 2 separate channels where one winds each piece of line, and a couple of notches to hold the end of each piece line when it has been wound. When you replace the spooler in the machine the line feeds through 2 metal "gates" - the part the protrudes does the cutting. I am clearly missing the plot because when I wind on new line and then use it it lasts for @ 30 secs and then does not strim. When I look at the spooler the line has either withdrawn inside the spooler completely (i.e. not sticking through the "gate" and hence is not available for cutting) or in a tangled mess around the spooler. Is there a trick to this? How tight does one have to wind the line? Any help is much appreciated before I throw it away in frustration! Thanks - Adam Hi Adam Think I have the same strimmer.IIRC it has an arrow to show direction line has to be wound on the spool. It's important it's wound in the right direction otherwise it won't feed. HTH Clive in Kent |
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How to rewind line on to strimmer head?
Chris Hogg wrote:
On Tue, 20 May 2008 19:07:16 +0100, Adam Lipscombe wrote: Hi Forgive me if this a no-brainer. I cannot rewind new line onto my black and decker electric strimmer. Its the type where you stop and start the motor to feed the line. It has a detachable red plastic cover over the line spooler. When this is removed the spooler just pulls off. The spooler has 2 separate channels where one winds each piece of line, and a couple of notches to hold the end of each piece line when it has been wound. When you replace the spooler in the machine the line feeds through 2 metal "gates" - the part the protrudes does the cutting. I am clearly missing the plot because when I wind on new line and then use it it lasts for @ 30 secs and then does not strim. When I look at the spooler the line has either withdrawn inside the spooler completely (i.e. not sticking through the "gate" and hence is not available for cutting) or in a tangled mess around the spooler. Is there a trick to this? How tight does one have to wind the line? Any help is much appreciated before I throw it away in frustration! Thanks - Adam I have some sympathy with you and Tim. I think the secrets are winding it evenly, winding it tight, and winding it in the right direction (don't ask). I have yet to achieve all three simultaneously :-( Well I have to say my experience is rather the opposite, I have a very cheap/small B&D reflex strimmer (i.e. it autofeeds) and I have wound new line onto the spool several times now without any serious problems. There is an arrow on the spool indicating which way to wind the line. Don't overfill the spool and wind reasonably tight. Then, in my experience, "it just works". I'm actually amazed at how long our little B&D has lasted, it has gone on for a couple of years at least of work that is really too heavy for it. We have 9 acres and *lots* of different machines but the little B&D is my choice for working up to fences etc., when the line catches on something it doesn't tear itself apart like bigger strimmers tend to. -- Chris Green |
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How to rewind line on to strimmer head?
In message , Adam Lipscombe
wrote OK, I supposed that it must be possible to do it right, I just cannot seem to. Please can you review my steps below? 1. Remove old old line and clean spooler. 2. Start with bottom channel (channel nearest strimmer, furthest away from turf) On mine it isn't two separate lengths of cable. Take one length of cable, find the centre and secure that point in a slot on the spool. I've also found that the line initially retains the 'shape' of what it was wound around when packed. I tie one end of the replacement cord to something solid and stretch it - then leave it a while to relax. -- Alan news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com |
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