Avery: A couple of things come to mind. I did a similiar repair a couple of years ago, and the pins are still holding fine. As per advice from Bill Spurlock, here is what I did. 1. I used regular epoxy, not the 5 minute stuff. 2. I mixed in a lot of maple sawdust to give the epoxy some body. 3. I filled the holes with the mix, working it down with a dowel to be sure that the hole was completely filled. I taped the bottom so that no glue would leak out. 4. I let the epoxy set up over night. I then centerpunched to hole, drilled down with an undersized drill bit, and then followed that with the appropriate sized drill bit. 5. I then replaced the strings and pins. The torque and feel was like new, and has held well ever since. I think that adding the wood shavings or sawdust and the use of regular epoxy is crucial to this type of repair. Patrick Poulson, RPT
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