When getting a spare part costs . . . . .

Yes - I owe a lot of woodworking tools and - unfortunately - I dropped one the other day! :(

 

This is one of them - and  I use it a lot - it is a nifty little "trimmer" not a 'router' per say but does most of the same functions!!  Yeah - I dropped it and promptly broke a tiny itty bitty little plastic wheel!  

So do I go and order a replacement part of do I toss it and get a full replacement!! Hmmmm - Yeah lets try and order a part!!!  Full credit to the hardware store - they were great to deal with - hassle-free and all!

So here is the Kicker - the full unit retails at NZ $ 79.-

The (plastic) part - (no bigger then a size 5 nut)  costs - wait for it . . . . . . . $ 27.50.-

Sighs

So I did the decent thing and thought about the landfill and spent mega bucks to stop the landfill from getting to full!!!  

Hahaha the packaging of it was overkill as well - it came inside a A4 sized bubble bag!!! And I do not really want to think about which part had a greater carbon footprint!!!

 Anyhow - all back together and working! I just have to be more careful next time and PLACE it softly on the work-bench!!!!

 

Have fun! 

 

 

 

PS - by way of comparison - this is how big the spare part actually was - you will see it fitted nicely  . . . .