You want the longest pin possible so the pin does not come through the when the coil is on the plate. With the coils 1/8" off the plate that will protect the action and give you the most interface between the block and the pin. Drilling then becomes the critical element as does miking the pins. Newton Richard Oliver Snelson wrote: > > I have a 1 1/4" Multi-lamination Maple Pinblock. Can someone suggest the > tuning pin length? The L&H had 2 1/2 inch pins which were too long in my > opinion. Someone had restrung it, nasty, pinblock that didn't touch the > flange anywhere. I'm thinking 2/0 x 2 1/4 should be fine giving more > that 1" in the block. Suggestions please! Plate varies in thickness > from .3" to .360". Rich
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