machinists and fabricators I need help

[tiredofspam]

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.

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.

[dpb]

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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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[G.W. Ross]

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

[tiredofspam]

[F Murtz]

Use the old fashioned rivets that you pein with a hammer

[WW]

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

[tiredofspam]

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.