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I'll take a look at it today.
It does have a shoulder or groove cut into it about a 16th above where the pin sits into the point plate.
I thought it was odd the there was nothing retaining it into...

I think that part # 47 looks like a roll pin with the end of it that mounts into the point plate holder is half the OD and flattened on that end so it's a half mooned.
It does fit pretty loose in...

Let me ask this question regarding the contacts;
Is my only resolve going to be buying a used machine & hoping that it's all good & operational , and then just swap the point plate?

What I had mentioned was that the points are not laying exactly flat on one another, they are staggered a little due to the burr on the inside contact.

I didn't see any Bakelite insulator on the...

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Very thorough and complete information on the govorned speed process.
Now, tell me plain english if you would, why the mixer would fluctuate at lower speeds, and run wide open at any other setting...