XPost: sci.engr.joining.welding   
   From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 7/23/2024 2:01 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   > On 7/23/2024 6:03 AM, Snag wrote:   
   >>    My neighbor has asked me to build up a worn spot on the drive pin   
   >> of his framing nailer . I'm not sure what model it is . The pin has   
   >> wear on the flat side at the tip , and it appears to be from sliding   
   >> against the head of the next nail in line . I'm considering using SS   
   >> for better abrasion resistance . The pin is not particularly hard ,   
   >> can be marked with a file , but "mushrooming" in the repaired area is   
   >> also a consideration . Replacement pins are available ...   
   >   
   >   
   > Sounds like its done.   
   >   
   > I once sat down to make a new box shaped blade clamp for a Craftsman   
   > reciprocating saw.  (Like a Sawszall.)  I had picked out a piece of   
   > metal, started taking measurements, and headed in to the computer to   
   > model it up...  a couple days later the brand new replacement part   
   > arrived in a mail and it was only a couple dollars.  It wasn't critical   
   > to have it that day. I already had a newer Milwaukee SuperSawszall if I   
   > needed one.  I just hated having a useless tool on the shelf.   
   >   
   > I agree that ordering the part was probably cheaper than the value of   
   > your time, but to everybody else... there is some value to having your   
   > neighbor "owe you one."   
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      There are half a dozen of us here in The Holler that trade materials   
   and favors all the time . Nobody keeps track .   
   --   
   Snag   
     Illegitimi non carborundum   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)