Thin panel pins 1.06mm shank dia

ISTR that thinner ones are(were?) called veneer pins, although I don't know who would be likely to nail veneer on :-)

Ah, yes, I've just done a search and Challenge do these, too. This is what I should have asked for. I'm making drawer inserts from 5mm MDF and the pins needed to hold the various dividers in place while the glue dries must be really thin so as not to cause splitting.

MM

Escutcheon pins?

Also known as moulding pins.

In article , Nick writes

Helpful

Why be such an asshole in such a helpful group?

En el artículo , fred escribió:

He gave a helpful link to a google search for moulding pins. What's your problem?

Yes.

How so? The google page referenced shows a list of them.

Yeah, I didn't see what the problem was, either.

MM

In article , MM writes

Blind links to well known services are rarely meant as helpful pointers, they're normally used to imply, 'how could you be so stupid not to find this for yourself'.

Why not post, 'try searching for moulding pins' if not trying to be clever? It's not as if you're a usenet/web noob.

Unreserved apology to the helpful poster/link provider (Nick).

If you use a browser without automatic redirection, the tinyurl resolves to:

If you view the link with automatic redirection on then the link shows a helpful list of results.

Again, thanks to Nick and apologies for my error, I will look more deeply into tinyurl's hidden depths in future.

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for yourself'.

Oh do f*ck right off you tedious bell-end.

Did you not see the apology posted at 10.42?

Correct, I did not. I still can't see it.

Ah, yes, I've just done a search and Challenge do these, too. This is what I should have asked for. I'm making drawer inserts from 5mm MDF and the pins needed to hold the various dividers in place while the glue dries must be really thin so as not to cause splitting.

MM

Years ago when making photo frames from small moulding we held the corners with panel pins. The trick was to lick/suck the pin before driving it to stop it splitting the moulding. Sounds strange but it worked.

Paul Mc Cann

When you think about it, it's probably the reduction in friction that does it. The saliva is enough for the nail to 'slide' past the wood fibres. Well, that's my theory! I must say, it's a new one on me, though I don't get any splitting *as long as* I use the veneer pins and not the panel pins. Just the extra 0.5mm thickness of the latter makes 'em too thick. On the previous drawer insert, which admittedly was a bit of a prototype, I had a couple of such splits, but just dribbled some wood glue in the split, then applied a small G-glamp overnight.

MM

I always knock the pointy end lightly with the hammer to blunt it. That's an old trick.