At 05:33 PM 11/9/97 -0700, Bob Anderson wrote: >I concur with David V. that clipping both ends is more likely to damage >the bushing. The reason pins work their way out is that they don't fit >tightly enough in the birdseye. If you think clipping both ends is going >to stop them, you're wrong, IMHO(to use a favorite e-mail acronym). > >With one end clipped you have a 50-50 chance of the smooth end getting >pulled through the cloth and into the birdseye. With both ends clipped, >the bushing cloth gets the short end of the stick in all cases. > >To quote Cervantes' Sancho Panza: 'Whether the pitcher hits the rock, or >the rock hits the pitcher, it's bad business for the pitcher." > >Bob Anderson >Tucson, AZ > Bob, I believe this post referred to the pins through the butterfly springs on an S&S wippen working out -- no birdseye to grip them, just the bushing cloth. I thought clipping both ends was ingenious. I've never coped with the problem myself, but clipping both ends to flare them sounded a little like peening over a rivet to keep it from slipping out. This is not a moving joint, either, unlike a flange, so I see no way for the rough ends to chew up the cloth. Of course a larger pin is more important. For what little it's worth -- Susan Susan Kline P.O. Box 1651 Philomath, OR 97370 skline@proaxis.com "Enormous amounts of information are available, including, however, very little reliable data on what it all means." -- Ashleigh Brilliant
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