Thanks, duffy. I think I probably am far to opposed to spending much of any money that I wouldn't really be happy with much of anything at this point, so let me go a different route:
Given
these standard cable retractors from Tiger Direct, is there a way I can modify them to have one end fixed?
Would it be possible to drill a hole through the center of the thing and feed a cable through that? I'm not sure and not that mechanically inclined, so I appreciate any help.