On 4/15/2012 2:22 PM, tiredofspam wrote:
Went to an estate sale and picked up a cordomatic 800.

It won't lock the cord in place, so after taking it apart I saw that it
needed new pawls to stop it. I started fabricating new ones.

Image is here. http://i.imgur.com/uosxJ.jpg

These were riveted in with pop rivets... How do I re- pop rivet them in
and still allow them to swing freely? I thought about a cardboard spacer
but that would be too much trouble trying to remove the cardboard to
free it back up.
....

Same idea, just use some shim stock that won't tear instead of the
cardboard--it won't have to go around the rivet, just on one side so can
pull it out.

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