…buy a new electric edge trimmer to finish the yard-work and stupidly cut the extension cable in half?
Nope. Not me.
(yes I wasn’t watching what I was doing. Now I have to buy a new one dangit)
Just splice the cable back together. Or are you talking about an extension cord you had the appliance plugged into? Yeah, that’s a six dollar part, and maybe you just want a new one. But if you cut the actual cord on the appliance, you can splice it, or replace it without buying a whole new appliance.
I once got a terrific deal on a circular saw at a pawn shop, because it didn’t have a cord (someone had done what you did). The price on it was $3. I bought it, bought a heavy-duty extension cord, got a screwdriver, and some wire cutters, and five minutes later, had a perfectly working saw.
Geez… how stupid. Now if it was an electric hedge trimmer that is completely understandable… even if maybe you did it twice.
Well, not edge trimmer, but hedge trimmer. Whew, dodged that bullet with just a letter ‘h’.
No, but I’ve done it with a passenger train.
In college, I worked on a tourist railroad, and that day, I was involved in sanding rust off the side of a car to prep it for painting. The power for the belt sander came from a metered box on a pole on the other side of the tracks, and I had to run the extension cord under the car to get to it. Sanded for a while, then someone else took over.
Then, a car behind the one being prepped needed to be switched out, and I was asked to do the brakeman duties. So I did, and the cars were pulled. After the movements were done, that poor extension cord was still laying across the rails and arcing to beat the band.
Three guesses on who had to splice it back together, and the first two don’t count. :smack:
Given that I just posted my adventures with a hammer and stepladder, it will come as no surprise to you that yes, I’ve cut my extension cord with my hedge trimmer.
It’s only a matter of time before I cut my (new) extension cord with a hammer. Or my stepladder.
All I’m saying is that I’ve never done anything that stupid with a circular saw.
Not with a hedge trimmer, but with an electric lawn mower.
I was surprised to learn that cutting the cord is not enough to trip the circuit breaker.
Growing up, I had a neighbor with an electric lawn mower who made his kids cut his lawn.
That power cord was more electrical/duct tape than rubber.
Oh, the Sounds of Saturday morning in the Summer:
“RRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrr…”
“Dammit, the power’s out…”
“Check the fuse box…!”
:smack:
Nah, it’s not like I ever bought a new mouse for my computer, got out the kitchen shears and cut it out of the clam-shell casing without checking to see where they ran the mouse cable. I’d never do that.
again.
That’s exactly why I bought a gas powered weed eater. Of course it stopped working after a year, but this time I didn’t have the “cut the cord” excuse!
My wife has never cut the cord with mower or trimmers in all the years I’ve known her.
I, on the other hand, buy several cords ahead for when I wack one.
One of many reasons I leave that chore mostly to her. And one of the reasons we’re slowly switching to battery.
Hah! This one struck a cord (pun intended). My neighbor borrowed my electric hedge trimmer just last weekend. He saw me pull into the driveway and turned slightly to let me know he had it and to thank me for the loan of it. That slight moment of inattention led to a very nice slice in my 50 foot extension cord. As they say…boy, was his face red!
A double whammy:
I was using my relatively new hedge clippers, and I sliced right through THE CHAIN LINK FENCE! The cord was AOK, though. The impeller (?), not so much. So I contact Sears and purchase a new one and have it mailed to me and spend half a day installing it and testing it and everything’s fine and I forgot I spent the extra three dollars for the total replacement warranty when I bought it. :smack: :smack: :smack:
Didja check the gas tank? :o :smack:
Oh yeah, you lot are all fancy with your powered appliances and not doing stupid things with them.
Me? I don’t act stupidly with hand tools. More specifically I didn’t step on the end of a rake on purpose just to see if the old slapstick trope holds true. Just to clarify, I didn’t do that and so could not have been surprised by the speed of the handle whipping up and smacking me in the face. Of course had I actually done that I would have been within my rights to yelp like a baby and swear copiously while looking around to see if anyone saw me do it…if I had done it…which I hadn’t.
So you’ve never done this. That’s good; could be quite embarrassing.
I just knew what that would be, and quite right too, a classic clip.
My missus called me Sideshow Bob for quite some time and I can hardly blame her.
Not me. I’ve never ever bought a new hedge trimmer and cut three separate extension cords in twain during the first attempt to trim the hedge…
And I suppose none of you had a father who told you to double the cord four feet back from the clippers, slip it through your belt loop, make a loop around your ankle further down the cord and you will never cut it? But you WILL turn and trip over the cord and land on the (mercifully un-running) clippers. I envy all of you.