Center Pin

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Shawn,

There have been discussions on this list that included recommendations of wiping the center pin through greasy hair or on the side of one's nose to provide good lubrication.  

Barbara Richmond, RPT
near Peoria, IL


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From: "Shawn Brock" <shawnbrock at fuse.net> 

Its a debatable subject I reckon.  When I first started that's how I performed the task.  Just starting the pin with my fingers, and pushing it through with the center pinning tool.  At some point someone harped about how the oil from your skin could get on the pin and possibly cause malfunction in the future.  This fellow always pinned with a small set of vise-grips.  He would cut off both ends of the pin (the pointed side and the side that was bird by the tool).  I did things that way for a while, but now I'm back to the good old starting the pin with your fingers.  Maybe it will cause undesired things to happen in the future, but it has not seemed to make a difference yet for me.  I knocked out a few bushings when I tried using the vise-grips thing, that's another reason I switched back to my old way.

Shawn Brock, RPT
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