<!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 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Ed,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I was very interested in your suggestion about = reaming the block for o/s pins with a drill bit dulled about the first inch = or so.   I wanted to follow this up with a few questions, if you = don't mind.  I have a block  that I am going use o/s pins = with and want to try it.   In this block I am only going from a #2 to a = #3 pin.  My questions are:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>1.  Do you do this with a hand held power = drill?  A hand drill, or a t-wrench?  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>2.  How do you dull the bit?  = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>3.  Since the wood in the block has already = been compressed by virtue of the #2 pin, will a drill bit normally used for a = #3 pin be the correct size for reaming, or will it be too small?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>