Pinning scales: Please tell me if I’m doing it correctly

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I gathered this info from around the web, concluded it and will appreciate your green light before starting.
(I have nickel silver rods):
Grinding a bit around the tip of every pin.
Heating the tips on both sides and let them cool slowly.
Inserting to place and hammering around the head until it is forced into the mushroom’s sink I’ve made on the scale. Light strokes and not directly on top.
Grinding down & polishing.
Is this the correct way to go? Do you guys have anything to add or to correct?
Thank you very much.
 
There is no need to anneal nickel silver pins.
You can hit the head directly on top if you need to.
Here's a very bad video of how to peen a pin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZjWkcHfYuE
I left the head on this one. If you want them flush, just grind them down and polish.
 
Bill DeShivs said:
There is no need to anneal nickel silver pins.
You can hit the head directly on top if you need to.
Here's a very bad video of how to peen a pin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZjWkcHfYuE
I left the head on this one. If you want them flush, just grind them down and polish.
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As bad as that video is, it is still very useful. Seeing the workbench made me think of the old show "Scared Straight"! I have to go clean my shop now.

Bob
 
Bill I feel like you were using the shaky cam method Hollywood uses to make the action seem more intense LOL I was on the edge of my seat the whole time ;0)
 
First time I had used the video glasses, and am still not quite sure exactly where the focal point is!
 
Greetings,

Everything you stated works... there is a pin rounder for up to 3/16. I like that style because it gives a little texture to the handle but mostly on smaller pins. When you expand the pin, be careful not to damage the area around the pin at the surface. Materials like G10, composites, horn, woods all can be damaged. I've split a scale more than once....

If it works for you... do it.

hagatha
 
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