Hitch Pin Plate Drilling

[Greg Newell]

Terry,
         While I would certainly defer a definitive answer to those with 
more experience and expertise in this matter I personally can't see how it 
would matter much. If the old pins were in a line why shouldn't the new 
ones be. Last time I checked grey iron didn't have any grain pattern to 
speak of.

best,
Greg



At 03:38 PM 6/21/2005, you wrote:
>I'm about to drill a plate for vertical hitch pins. On the few plate I've 
>done this to, I've always had enough fore-and-aft room in the hitch pin 
>area to place the new hitch pin at a desirable location, and not be real 
>close to the original hitch pin. Unfortunately, on the plate I need to 
>drill, the hitch pin area is relatively narrow and I can't go very far 
>fore or aft with the new location. I can only assume that the original 
>steel pin is a lot harder than the cast iron and I must avoid hitting it. 
>Agree? Any general advice on placing the new hitch pins in a situation 
>like this from those who have crossed this bridge (or rather hitch pin 
>area) before?
>
>I could go immediately aft of the originals, but that would put all pins 
>in one line - although the originals held up for 100 years in that array. 
>Should I just do that and not worry about it?
>
>Terry Farrell

Greg Newell
Greg's piano Forté
mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net