Hi Jeff, probably what I will end up doing, I have some 1/4 inch plate here. I have fitted one of the starters with the wire ring rope guide as Max suggested it is a bit better and if you carefully rotate the motor with the cord you can get it to pick up without the 200 mm slack. I also fitted a long cord but haven't tried it yet as it was getting a bit late last night Ok latest idea is I have a 500 gram barbell weight, just have to work out how to fit it
