[CAUT] new front pins

[Fred Sturm]

Cool, just what I wanted! I'll wait.
Regards,
Fred Sturm
University of New Mexico
fssturm at unm.edu



On May 12, 2009, at 5:43 PM, Mike Morvan wrote:

> Fred,
>   What circumstance has you replacing a front rail pin with a  
> smaller "shank" or core diameter than the original? Usually it is  
> the other way around, requiring the technician to enlarge the hole  
> slightly for replacement pins.  Are you trying to put in the new M&H  
> anodized pins? If that's the case, I spoke with Bruce Clark at the  
> Mid-Atlantic Conference and he stated that they would be providing  
> nylon bushings to tap into the keyframe and then the technician  
> would tap the pins into an undersize hole in the nylon for a press  
> fit.   Mike
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Sturm" <fssturm at unm.edu>
> To: "College & University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 4:23 PM
> Subject: [CAUT] new front pins
>
>
>> If new front rail pins have small shanks, and the ones being  
>> replaced have larger shanks (ie, the holes in the front rail are  
>> too large for  the new pins), what is a good method for converting?  
>> Two things being  at issue: having the new pins solid in the rail,  
>> and keeping them  centered in the old hole.
>> Regards,
>> Fred Sturm
>> University of New Mexico
>> fssturm at unm.edu
>>
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