>> Step 1. I take one apart, being careful not to let the constant-force spring go sproing! and fly out of the housing like a jack in the box. I put it back together after appling some grease. It works a lot better! >> But the cord doesn't go in all the way. This time, I clamp onto the mainspring with hemostats and hold it in place. >This is the point I'd hit it with lateral thinking. I think I was hitting things with something a lot more substantial and massive than lateral thinking at this point. There is a cardboard box in the lab that is pretty much shredded. -- Lawrence Lile Senior Project Engineer Toastmaster, Inc. Division of Salton, Inc. 573-446-5661 voice 573-446-5676 fax Howard Winter Sent by: pic microcontroller discussion list 03/17/2004 03:28 AM Please respond to pic microcontroller discussion list To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU cc: Subject: Re: [OT]: Patience Presumably it's all over by now - I hope it went well! Cheers, Howard Winter St.Albans, England -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads