Subject: Re: RCA Appreciation
From: winnard (winnardjno@spamionet.net)
BEFORE you do any obvious drilling, altering, etc. You might try
this method.
You will need......
Soldering Iron
Clothes Pin
Center Punch
Small hammer.
Plug in your soldering iron, and let it warm up. Turn the tape
you are about to remove the rivet from face down on a table top.
Compress a clothes pin and while the clothes pin is squeezed
open, insert the 'handles' of the clothes pin inside the open end
of the cart. The clothes pin will apply pressure to both halves
of the cart. NOW, using no pressure, let the soldering iron rest
on top of the rivet. When the rivet reaches the correct temp, the
clothes pin will force the two cart halves open. When the cart
halves separate, turn the cart over with the label facing up, and
open the cart. Do necessary repairs to the cart, (splice, etc. )
then put the two halves together. NOW turn the cart face down
again, with the rivet up, and GENTLY tap the rivet back into
place with the center punch, and hammer. Nobody will ever know
the tape was opened.
Also -- you can use the soldering iron to drive the rivet back in! That way there is no banging which might dislodge the tape.
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