<HTML>In a message dated 3/29/03 4:04:37 AM !!!First Boot!!!= , kpiano@goldrush.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">What part of the hitch pin are = you guys measuring to? The inside of the loop o= r the center line? I'm starting to think that since the hitch pin is tilted&= nbsp; and therefore oval to the string, eyeballing the loop is the better wa= y. I have made the pattern = on a piece of packaging paper, rubbing with the flat side of a carpenters pe= ncil, but that only shows the tip of the pin. I guess that is what the measu= rements fill in that the pattern doesn't show. Keith Roberts<FON= T COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="= SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">   </BLOCKQUOTE> If you're going to send in the paper pattern, the string maker will know wha= t to do. Not to be a smart alleck, but your pattern won't be the first one t= hey've seen. :) Wim </HTML>