[Swansea Hackspace] Problem with power "hole"

[Justin Mitchell]

On Wed, 2018-09-26 at 10:56 +0100, Neil Jones wrote:
> I wonder if anyone can suggest an answer to this problem.
> 
> Also there may be tools at the space that can help.I have a laptop
> and 
> the power supply lead has broken. I have a new one but part of the
> old 
> one is still inside the socket.
> 
> It is one of those right angled plugs that is narrower that an audio 
> jack. The outer sheath has come away from the wiring inside and
> remained 
> inside the hole.
> 
> Any ideas how to remove it? What tools could I use or improvise?

The jewellery tools should include some very pointy nosed pliers that
might help, apart from that i can guess only at tweezers and
watchmakers screwdrivers (because they are thin)