<HTML>In a message dated 5/25/02 1:29:33 PM !!!First Boot!!!, jurjens@tpg.com.au writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Won't shimming or larger pins make a crack spread wider, making the problem worse? Is this why glue may be better? Is glue only useful for a cracked plank? Or also for enlarged holes? Scott </BLOCKQUOTE> It is my opinion that you cannot permanently fix a cracked pin block. You can slow it down, and you can temporarily keep the pins from slipping. But the only permanent solution to a cracked pinblock is a new one. The only exception to that is if you epoxy the entire block. But that procedure should only be done in extreme situations, like a mortised in block. Wim </HTML>