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.

For my $1 investment I hope to get this working. 1 hours work to make 3
of these pawls so not too bad while I'm waiting for some wood I got last
week to acclimate to my shop.

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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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.

For my $1 investment I hope to get this working. 1 hours work to make 3
of these pawls so not too bad while I'm waiting for some wood I got last
week to acclimate to my shop.

Maybe a paper clip? Nice sturdy needle driver you have.

--
G.W. Ross

You'll go to Heck if you don't believe
in Gosh.

Duh... Gee that's so easy. Thanks.

On 4/15/2012 3:35 PM, dpb wrote:
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.

--

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.

For my $1 investment I hope to get this working. 1 hours work to make 3
of these pawls so not too bad while I'm waiting for some wood I got last
week to acclimate to my shop.


Use the old fashioned rivets that you pein with a hammer

"tiredofspam" nospam.nospam.com wrote in message
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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.

For my $1 investment I hope to get this working. 1 hours work to make 3 of
these pawls so not too bad while I'm waiting for some wood I got last week
to acclimate to my shop.

OT not wood. Tap the hole. Use machine screw. Adjust as needed. Use thread
lock on the screw. Problem solved. WW

Not possible. this is thin sheet metal.

I wound up taking a totaly different approach.
I used some 6-32 T-Nuts, and removed the barbs, drilled them out,
lowered the barrel height.
They wound up being washers, and limiters... worked like a charm.



On 4/16/2012 12:20 AM, WW wrote:
"tiredofspam"nospam.nospam.com wrote in message
...
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.

For my $1 investment I hope to get this working. 1 hours work to make 3 of
these pawls so not too bad while I'm waiting for some wood I got last week
to acclimate to my shop.

OT not wood. Tap the hole. Use machine screw. Adjust as needed. Use thread
lock on the screw. Problem solved. WW