<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Verdana" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 2/27/05 4:25:09 PM Pacific Standard Time, tune4u@earthlink.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2> <DIV><SPAN class=796102300-28022005><FONT face=Arial>Ooops, forgot.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=796102300-28022005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=796102300-28022005><FONT face=Arial>If you size the t= hing with the pin as mentioned, you should not have to do any reaming or only v= ery lightly. Why tear up the cloth? Before doing any reaming, try burnishing t= he felt. The final fit of the pin in the felt should be firm but not tight ..= . whatever that means. Check swings, drop, or grams and burnish as necessary.</FONT></SPAN></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Terry,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I've learned two ways of sizing with pins, and both have work= ed for me. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>One is to get the pin size by fitting it to the birdseye, get the cloth= through the flange, then use the smallest pin you have just to get the felt glued in, essentially just using the pin as a clamp, then ream to size(once = it's all dried, of course).  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The other is to use a pin one-half size smaller than the one you've dry-fit to the birdseye to clamp the felt.  This also sizes it (more or less) in the process.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>