Update on this saga. Much as David predicted, the superglue didn’t hold. But rather than try the epoxy plus whipping solution he suggested, I decided to just... ask @Celestron for the spare part.https://twitter.com/DavidRalin/status/1295090129808195584 …
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Worth doing he math. The pop riveters are really inexpensive, easy to use, and have indefinite shelf life. Very handy for all sorts of repairs and modifications.
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You may even be able to borrow one, and a drill, from a local tool library. Looks like there are a bunch in LA...
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Rivet tools are surprisingly cheap, at the consumer product rivet scale. I'm looking forward to finally needing to rivet something.
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The last two times for me were repairing a crock pot and a bread machine. Cleaning out excess material required getting in behind the “no serviceable parts inside” inner sleeve. Remove the fasteners they used, which were a different sort of single-use fastener, pop rivet, done
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Any guesses?
Only thing I can think of is some sort of long tool that inserts the pin from the other end of the tube.