<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1491" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sorry for the profane subject, but that = was my reaction to something and I thought I'd share.<G></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just started Re-Pinning Renner Shanks = and Flanges for the 1867 Chickering Action.....popped out the first pin, on a too = low friction flange: There's a ridge cut into the center of the center pin. = It's a sharp edged groove! Yikes! (said I.<G>) Must be a machining = boo-boo, as these pins are machined to the specific length/diameter! (says I to = myself, out loud!).......NOT! I've extracted over a dozen and every darned one is = that way! Double Yikes! Any thoughts on why in hell this "new innovation"? The = only thing that I can see that it does, is screw up the Birds-eye, as it has sharp = edges. Have any of you run into this before? Weird, to say the least! It's bad = enough, they insist on the "graphite impregnated bushing cloth".....now this! Sheesh!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>