This will be very secure. Might be difficult to remove.
https://smile.amazon.com/Loctite-374.../dp/B0002KKTIG
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This will be very secure. Might be difficult to remove.
https://smile.amazon.com/Loctite-374.../dp/B0002KKTIG
How about grinding a very tapered cone point on the end of a center punch or nailset ?
Remove the roll pin and peen one end of it. Slightly tap it with a hammer until its slightly out of round. Anvil side of vise for surface and a small ball peen hammer. Might want to tape the other side down on the vise so you won’t have to play “find the small roll pin.” Reinstall unpeened end first.
I have a set of punches with rounded tips. One time I used a punch that was a little too small to install a little stubborn roll pin and it flared the end. That’s the context of where I came up with idea from a slightly different application.
I like this idea a lot.
Yes, I have scored some stuff from various Amazon options. Shipping in the thing with Fastenal, but not sure if they might send it to a store as part of normal shipments without, or with a minimal charge.
But they sure got some obscure stuff, I coincidently found out they would sell individual items (the stores just sell boxes) when I butchered up drilling the FO front sight on my Super Blackhawk and I needed a little stainless roll pin, and maybe the next larger size in order to drill it out bigger to fix my screwup. And I got a hand full of each.
Oh yeah, I have flared plenty of them, just never intentionally... :cool:
Tension pins can be “refreshed” by driving a mandrel down through the center of the pin to get it back to the original dimensions. For hard-to-find custom pins this can be done a few times with good effect, if you do it right.