this post was submitted on 27 Sep 2025
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Finally, a comm for that one user who hand-makes longbows. This ones for you, comrade.

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We have a patio umbrella that has a winch you turn to open and close. The line that runs from the winch to the umbrella broke, and unfortunately a child kept turning it until the ends were inside the shaft.

Trying to take it apart, I realized that things are held together with rivets, not screws. I want to remove some to get an endcap off, so I can access the mechanism inside and (hopefully) put in a new line.

Suggestions on removing these rivets?

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[–] bfordham 2 points 1 week ago

Yep, was helpful, thanks! I had to drill out a rivet on each side, but got it apart after that easily enough. And now I can get to what I need to.