Thanks for your help, Noel. It was as you said. The handle casting contains a channel to guide the roll pin as you insert it but the majority of the casting is hollow, so the pin drops in to the void when it's drifted out.
Problem solved and and I'm happy.
This machine belonged to my father...
Hi, I need to remove the top arm casing from my DW125 to repair the cable support and access the nut on the arm clamp.
Other than the end cap for the arm it appears I just need to remove the elevating handle before I can remove the top arm casing. But I'm not sure how to remove the elevating...