TS Plug-It Cord Access Simplified - Another End User Training Tip

[Rutabagared]

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With this grip, my fingers don't physically fit between the plug and the saw base.
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When changing to an alternate grip, my knuckles wedge against the handle.
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But look what happens when the bevel is adjusted to 45 degrees.
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Success!  Acres of room.
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Joe

 

[ForumMFG]

Nice!! Thanks for pointing that one out, I forgot about that one!

 

[Brice Burrell]

Some guy has been preaching that one for a few years now, last year he even made a video for youtube.  ;D

 

[Brice Burrell]

Dang, Brice!  I've visited your site several times but don't recall that tip.  It would have saved me some aggravation.

Joe

Real astute vistor I see, Tips for the TS55 and TS75.  ;D

Still I'm glad you posted this tip, maybe more people will see it.

 

[Neill]

Some guy has been preaching that one for a few years now, last year he even made a video for youtube.  ;D

Brice,

Who was that masked man?

Neill

 

[Brice Burrell]

Brice,

Who was that masked man?

Neill

You mean that guy that shouldn't be front of a camera, I have no idea. 

 

[Nigel]

Plunging on the side of the mft gives more access if your in a hurry!

 

[thender]

But why on earth should you have to go through all that -- just to plug in the cord?  It should have been put in a more accessible location.

-TH

 

[Tom Ryan]

If it bothers you, just plug it in and leave it.  Then you can treat it as a saw with a fixed cord like almost any other saw.

 

[kosta]

But why on earth should you have to go through all that -- just to plug in the cord?  It should have been put in a more accessible location.

-TH

A more accessible location is a bad idea.
Better to have the cord  hidden and out of the way.

 

[joiner1970]

This one will make you laugh.....

A guy was watching me use my TS55 the other day and was saying he had borrowed one the other week and went on to say how good it was, but the plug it cable was a bad idea  ??? ??? ???

Why is that ? I said. He replied "It keeps falling out all the time when I am sawing" he didnt know you had to twist it after plugging it in  :

 

[AlexThePalex]

Well, I don't see the benefits of the Plug-It cord so much.

When I just had my Rotex I would unplug it all the time, but I think that was more to play with a new feature I never had before than that it was really necessary.

Because now I leave the Plug-It cords attached all the time on my tools, I hardly ever take them off. I just see no need for it. After all, when you gonna use the machine, you need the cord, right?

 

[Brice Burrell]

Well, I don't see the benefits of the Plug-It cord so much.

When I just had my Rotex I would unplug it all the time, but I think that was more to play with a new feature I never had before than that it was really necessary.

Because now I leave the Plug-It cords attached all the time on my tools, I hardly ever take them off. I just see no need for it. After all, when you gonna use the machine, you need the cord, right?

Alex, I use velcro straps to attach the cord to my vac hose so I remove the plug-it from the tool end to change tools. I do keep a cord in each Systainer so I'm never without one on the job.

 

[AlexThePalex]

Alex, I use velcro straps to attach the cord to my vac hose so I remove the plug-it from the tool end to change tools. I do keep a cord in each Systainer so I'm never without one on the job.

Yes, that's definitely a good reason. Hadn't thought about that since I never do that.

 

[JeromeM]

Alex, I use velcro straps to attach the cord to my vac hose so I remove the plug-it from the tool end to change tools. I do keep a cord in each Systainer so I'm never without one on the job.

Another way is to use the hose wrap. I always want the CT22 hooked up as well as the power.

Here is one of the setups I use.

 

[ForumMFG]

Whats the deal with the hose wrap?  I'm really not following you here.

 

[JeromeM]

Whats the deal with the hose wrap?  I'm really not following you here.

It keeps the powe cable and vac hose together and so reduces clutter. It also means I always have both to hand. It is not an original.

 

[Nigel]

I thought the point of the plug -it was to make it easier to change tools.I always change plug-it and hose at the tool.Once it wears in a bit it's easy enough to turn.A lot easier than changing the the cord and the tool.

 

[score0matic]

Whats the deal with the hose wrap?  I'm really not following you here.

It keeps the powe cable and vac hose together and so reduces clutter. It also means I always have both to hand. It is not an original.

The other advantage, some would even say PRIMARY Advantage, a cord wrap provides is a much more "snag free" surface than the rail catching bumps of an nonwraped hose.

Craig

 

[tbellemare]

I think the biggest advantage of the plug-it syste,m other than leaving the cord with the hose, is that when your cord gets torn up, cut up, or otherwise abused, you just change it out.

I have taped or spliced a few cords in the past. No need with this system.

Tom