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Unread 06-16-2016, 08:29 PM   #6
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Olle,

It might be possible to save time at the lathe. IIRC, the D of the pin is around 0.100", give or take a couple of thousandths. A bit of the shank of a wire-gauge numbered drill did the trick for one of mine. I forget which number, but in that range, the sizes differ by 0.001 or 0.002".
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