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.
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.
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
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.
--
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
> news:[email protected]...
>> 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
>
>
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" <nospam.nospam.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> 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