Dan Mosley
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Got called off work today and decided to spend some time hollowing. I was turning and messed up the vessel i was working on and didnt have alot of play time left......so I decided to replace the battery box on the hollowing rig with a transformer that I picked up from Radio Shack last week sometime. I spoke with Randy at Monster Tools a week back and talked about transformer idea so I decided to put it to the test today.
So here is what I did - I gutted out the battery box, then drilled a hole thru the base to hide the wires - slipped the pig tail thru one end and the red and black from the laser thru the other end - solder the wires - then put wire shrink wrap on and heated to seal - put the wires back in the box and slipped the cover back over it - wrapped both ends with electrical tape and was done. You don't have to wrap the ends with the tape the cover will hold everything together fine. I guess I thought it would be a bit more dust proof......
Plugged it in and hollowed for a short time and its working great - no more batteries, blinking, etc- stays solid............Total Cost - Transformer and Pig tail was less than $17.00.
So here is what I did - I gutted out the battery box, then drilled a hole thru the base to hide the wires - slipped the pig tail thru one end and the red and black from the laser thru the other end - solder the wires - then put wire shrink wrap on and heated to seal - put the wires back in the box and slipped the cover back over it - wrapped both ends with electrical tape and was done. You don't have to wrap the ends with the tape the cover will hold everything together fine. I guess I thought it would be a bit more dust proof......
Plugged it in and hollowed for a short time and its working great - no more batteries, blinking, etc- stays solid............Total Cost - Transformer and Pig tail was less than $17.00.
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