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Love the blog and videos! But I'm still confused as hell how to repair my Heritage A5 Compact. The ring mechanism has come detached from the cover. In the spine of the cover there's a metal plate with two studs / rivets poking up, 1mm diameter by eye, 160mm apart. https://photos.app.goo.gl/ebL2EjgfAX5mJESS7
ReplyDeleteI have absolutely no idea how the mechanism is supposed to attach to these, to see if it's repairable, or if replacement parts exist. Filofax suggested I find a saddlemaker (!) to unpick it and install something else. Other suggestions include drilling a hole through the leather and sticking some small bolts through which would be even worse. The rings themselves are fine, could just be reattached, although if the process is involved, more than happy to upgrade while doing it.
Can this be repaired easily? Or will I have to get medieval with this rather lovely thing that has served me well for years?
Bot of a late reply, but...
DeleteThose rings are held in place by 'semi-tubular rivets', then end of which is flared over to hold the ring mechanism to the binder. There will be a backing plate sewn into the spine, through which the rivets are fitted.
The flared rivets shouldn't really break off, but if they have been poorly machined in production, they may have been flared too far, causing embrittling of the metal, and subsequent fracture, or not flared enough, and the parts have separated.
Repair wouldn't be trivial, if you wish to remove the original rivets. It *may* just be possible to find a tiny self-tapping screw to fit into the remains of the rivet tube, with a small washer to hold the mechanism spring plate in place. Otherwise, it would need drilling out the original rivets, and putting a new rivet in from the outside of the spine, or disassembly of the leatherwork...
A similar problem was reported recently on Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/filofax/comments/1tuw98z/is_this_an_easy_fix/