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Cordless Drill Gets New Life
  Kenneth Gustafson, Carney, Mich.: “I couldn’t find a replacement battery for my old Sears cordless drill. The drill was still in good shape, so I came up with a low-cost way to give it new life.
  “I removed the battery from the drill and attached one end of a lamp cord to the battery terminals inside the drill. Then I attached a pair of alligator clips to the other end of the cord, allowing me to hook up the drill to any 12-volt battery.
  “It works great and was simple to do. I use it often at our cabin, which doesn’t have any electricity. I also take it with me on my 4-wheeler. I hook it up to a lawn mower battery that I carry around in a box on back of the 4-wheeler. It really comes in handy when I’m at my deer blind.”


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2011 - Volume #35, Issue #5