Hi Rich
If you can't take it down you may want to take it into a repair shop and let them replace the cord for you...
The earliest Porter-Cable router dates back to 1906, the ancestor of what was to become a long-lived dynasty. The Guild model 1100 was one of a whole line of power tools Porter-Cable produced under the Guild brand. Although its dome-topped motor housing doesn't lend itself well to bit changes - it won't stand on the bench upside down - its visual attractiveness still pleases woodworkers today in the modernized form of the Porter-Cable model 100
single-speed, 1-1/2-horsepower (1100-watt) workhorse, this little router will go on shaping edges and routing grooves and dadoes mile after mile. It features a releasing collet that prevents the bit from seizing and comes with both 1/4- and 1/2-inch (6.3- and 12.7-millimeter) collets. [The related Porter Cable 693 PK with plunge base kit is also popular.
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