<HTML>In a message = dated 12/18/03 6:13:41 PM Pacific Standard Time, nicho@zianet.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-= LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Dave,    Picture magic is out-of-sorts for the moment. Perhaps= next week or after the holidays. Meanwhile, the 90° bend is a great idea,= (thanks Ron and others) and doesn't add weight. If you want to fabricate th= e "shop" model, plan on brazing or welding two shanks together at 90°, of = heavy 3/8"-1/2" stock. Cut your notch and taper the end a bit, rounding edge= s after all the grinding. I like the notch at about 20° off the horizontal= plane of the handle, to the left. So.... with the notch on the pin, the han= dle is just clockwise of being horizontal. Nice balance for "impact" bending= . The notch has a fair amount of slop, (lets see.... is that a metric "fair = amount" or an imperial "fair amount?) and allows for a pretty good bouncy-ki= nda-tapping-sorta well-balanced rocking impact to the pin. Maybe I'd better get the camera (software) working..... sorry. I'll take= accurate measurements, also. AND.... (big "AND")  I need to point out = that I didn't invent this tool. I first saw it in the Pratt-Win plant in Jua= rez. Petite women bending 40  thousand pins a day. Shoulda seen the lad= ies driving bridge pins! </BLOCKQUOTE> Guy, No need to get your photo/e-mail stuff dialed in on my account.  If= you do get it working, it would be great.   I appreciate the good description...especially of the ladies in the fact= ory.  40,000 pins a day, mein gott.  Then I think on a day like to= day where I did four tunings(one with a pitch raise) and I try to calculate = how many times I hit a piano key. No wonder we all end up with repetitive st= ress injuries....:-( Dave S.</HTML>