rboe

I have a finish sander that gave up the ghost. I bought a replacement sander but have not tossed the old one yet thinking at some point I'll have a look at it to see if it can be replaced.

On many cordless drills you can unscrew the battery pack, inspect, test and replace the individual cells for a song compared to a factory wrapped new one. You do have to do some soldering.

But with the new lithium ion ones coming out it may be a good time to upgrade. Or do both. Can't have too many good cordless drills.

I have an old sandcat belt sander I'd love to repair but no parts. It really fit a niche. Same with a Roto-zip. Less than an hour on it and the switch fried. They came out with a new model and orphaned the old line. [insert tool rant here].