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Failed again tonight. Thought i had it drilled out enough to tap it out. Nope! Dang

Thanks for the great tips guys. I do the bit of metal thing already with the hole drilled thru, for regular pins and washers.
I am thinking of making a simple jig of some sort to ensure the bit...

Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. I am talking about pins that are flush with the scales. There is no head. There will be no filing. That would damage the scales.

Etching wont help for a flush washerless pin.

Runout not rollout.

Twisted oak the hand drill would solve the melting problem, but how difficult is it to drill out by hand?

Be careful going cheap. Pins are very small (usually 1/16"), any slop in the bit or the motor (is this called rollout?) can be frustrating.
While I really like my Dremel with Drill press for many...

I started work on my Duck#6 and thought I'd practice removing the pins like they were washerless (and save the washers at the same time). I wore out a little dent in the center of the pin with a...

May I ask what technique you used to remove the scale that didn't work out? I learn more from my mistakes than from my successes.

Me too. I hatea the plain black scales, but this one is in such great original shape it would be a shame to ditch them, though I would love another Henckels in cocobolo.
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Was that a washerless mount of the scales? I have a Henckels I want to de-scale to clean it up, but I want to reuse the originals, and it is a washer less. It is going to be a pain to de pin.
Nice...