@Dag83 : Thank you very much for this tutorial! This is the best material on the net at the time of this writing that I was able to find on how to disassemble POF 1200. I came here after I read a material on how to make a router lift inside one of the legs that I read at https://www.1-2-do.com/projekt/Modifkation-POF-1200-AE-fuer-Tischeinbau/bauanleitung-zum-selber-bauen/4002087 and seen its associated youtube video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHEt7prG1eo
I was able to disassemble it successfully and clear all that was in the path of installing a threaded rod that I’ll use as router lift, through the leg.
I managed to chip (1x1mm on the corner) one of the coal/carbon brushes when I tried to pry it out using a flat-head screwdriver. The second brush I did not chip because I extracted it by gently rocking it back and forth without prying it with something. In fact what @RavenWall was saying ( “… popped out when I carefully removed the body” ) makes sense. Removing the upper body will set the carbon brushes loose, possibly without chipping. By loose I mean just the coal part. The screwed fixture needs unscrewing separately.
All in all very good informaton, thank you very much!