ray steele wrote:
Phil,
I know Meaders and Farrier Depot have pins.
They are as easy to install as drilling a hole. Because the pin is tapered from bottom to top it is held in by friction. So if you can drill an 1/8" hole in a shoe you can fit a pin to it. The biggest draw back I find is one of the reasons that I like them so much, that drawback is size, i.e. small at least to my mitts.
I keep the loose pins in a screw top plastic prescription jar( for those of you who might want to get humorous, not a ****** jar,might make the pins grow)
with two properly sized bits. That way I always have the correct bit for the pin and a spare bit if needed. I just shake out a few pins into my palm at a time as needed. I use 5 different sizes, and ofton times I can reuse pins because of the hi quality of the carbide.
Regards
Ray Steele
Ray, how can you re- use the pins? Just tring to learn here.