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Re: assess damage

Author: clarnibass
Date: 2010-10-26 04:39

>> I'm not a repair person, but I'd be asking/demanding that they put teflon pin instead of the noisy metal pin. <<

Any decent repairer wouldn't leave it metal to metal contact. I use between one to several layers of bladder (like what clarinet pads have) or one layer of spinnaker sail material, sometimes with and sometimes without bladder over it. The spinnaker is much stronger and thicker. If I use several layers of bladder I glue them with cotnact glue and also glue the material to the pin. This makes the material stronger and a lot less likely to fall or tear. I prefer this much more than teflon around a metal pin.

Re teflon pins, are you sure you meant teflon and not plastic/nylon, like the original? Teflon is not possible to glue so I guess it would have to be jammed very tightly not to fall. Not sure though, I probably wouldn't trust this. Also either this or nylon can break again, the reason for metal pins.

Another advantage of a made pin is it's possible to make it specifically in a shape that is best for that linkage. Though some places just make a straight pin and put enough silencer on it, which doesn't feel as good IMO.

The covered metal pin is not noisy at all. Actually with several (2+) layers of bladder or with the spinnaker cloth, with correctly shaped metal pin, it's probably quieter than the nylon pins.

Post Edited (2010-10-26 04:49)

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