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.
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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.