Re: Ugly Duckling

[bullie]

quote FrankR:

It would be my wild guess that it was a groove pin. Does it have a groove lengthwise, along one side of it? The grove makes it a hair oversize so it has to be forced into the hole. That holds it in place. But I could be incorrect on the guess. A good hardware store might have groove pins. http://www.mcmaster.com has ’em if you want to buy a package of them. Truth is, most of us old guys probably would use whatever hardened stock we happen to have laying around—like a broken drill shank. And yes, most of us make our own brass shear pins from common brass stock.

Frank, I do not know for sure if it had a groove. I only ended up with a couple of tiny pieces. I don’t know what happened to the larger piece of pin that was in the shaft. There was a little incident involving my left index finger and a glancing blow from a hammer around the time it was knocked loose. I sort of lost track of it while doing my crouch hops. I can search for it though.