You may recall the Oahu lap steel. It came with a super cool case. I was able to clean the case up, but unfortunately, the latches don't work and they're beyond repair. I started to clean them up, but the springs in the latches don't work, so I just procured some modern latches to replace them with.
So I need to get the old ones off.
Pulling back the lining reveals the backside of the rivets. They're split rivets - when they were installed, a tool opened up the split side and drove the back of the rivets into the plywood of the case.
Drove them in really well. I resorted to a chisel to carve enough wood away so I could pry them up.
With the split side bent up, I can pull three of the four rivets out from the front. It takes a real tug to get them out.
The removed latch alongside a new one. The new one is a bit smaller, but it should work fine.
Now I just need to get the other latches and hasps off. This is more work than I expected.
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