I have a 12 year old makita 10″ power miter saw and the “lectric” cord is in poor condition. The outer rubber cord is cracked, split, and crumbling probably from being stored in an unheated garage for quite a few years.
I’m thinking about replacing the damaged cord with a 25 ft extension cord. Probably a medium (amperage) cord. I would buy a new extension cord, cut off the female end, strip the wires, etc.
Will this work? Anyone see any potential problems with this?
As a side note I have other tools and equipment which have been stored in the cold garage for many years and I have not had this problem. For example I have a table saw I’ve had for about 20 years and am not aware of any problems with it resulting from storing it in a cold environment.
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should be fine so long as you replace it with a cord of the same amperage. i do the same thing on my circular saws and have never had any problems.
I routinly cut a 25' yellow jacket in half for tools like my circ saw and beltsander, Ripping plywood and baving a cord snag is a major PITA...so for 2o bucks I get two cords..and a 12' cord is still manageable for wrapping up at the end of the day.
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No reason not to, although if the rubber strain relief is hard as well, you might want to get that part from Makita to install with the new cord.
Here's a suggestion - get yourself one of those 75-100' cords and cut off the length you prefer for the saw and use the rest for another x-cord.
JT
The only other thing to consider is that you may have to solder the ends onto the switch - not a big deal, but if done incorrectly could screw up the switch.
JT
Thank you all for the excellent advice.
If you have a bad boot entering the saw, one way I've seen to fix it is to use a spark plug boot.
Works great.
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It isn't the cold of th egarage. For a lot of years, Makita used cheap axzed cords. I had some that got a yearly replacement.
You can buy cord off the roll and a male end without having to buitcher up one if it is cheaper. Sometimes the whole preformed cord is the cheaper way to go.
Somebody said get cord of the same amperage. Cord is not rated by amperage. it goes by size. You should get #12 twisted copper. Pick with good rubber for cold flex.
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