Thread: Step by step restore of a Wostenholm for a member

use a cutting wheel

now use the wire cutter to remove what remains of the washer, or tap on the pin with a sharp nail, or go just a little further with the cutting wheel.

Looks good so far man!

now support the scales over a gap, and tap out with a nail. slide a blade behind the scale and use to lever the scale off the pin. Go easy, grasshopper.

After some twisting tugging and tapping, here you go
And I forgot to mention, always tape up the cutting end while handling for assembly/ disassembly.
Anyway it was a long 13 hr day at work. More of this another day.

I'm looking forward to following progress. Looks great so far!

Very nice.
I'd like to read more about this "tutorial".

Unfortunately I wont be updating tonight, long day at work and came home to all hell broken loose. Lets just say when building a fence for dogs, consider the size of the dog breaking INTO the yard, not just breaking out.

Originally Posted by souschefdude

now support the scales over a gap, and tap out with a nail. slide a blade behind the scale and use to lever the scale off the pin. Go easy, grasshopper.

A couple of Hints:


Home Depot

get a set of steel drift (punch) pins to carefully tap out the pins, honestly it is WAY safer

Dasco Pro Small Pin Punch Set (3-Piece)-34 at The Home Depot


I pretty much use the 1/16 almost 99% of the time but the price difference for the 3 pin set vs just one punch was minimal

For really stubborn rusted pins I use Kroil to loosen it all up

Harbor Freight I buy several of these every time they go on sale for $1.99 they last me about 6-8 months each, I polish the bottoms up a bit better before use

Search results for: 'flush cutters'


There are of course many others like these available but honestly I have tried using the "Better" read more expensive ones, but they last no longer and work no better


Using these two tools and patience I can pop safely over 90% of all the pins that come across the bench, for the other 10% I do much like you have outlined here but with small a Hand File

Hi Glen.
For us neo's I have found that filing the one side of the pin and washer off completely works best for me . That is especially true on really dry scales that I wish to save. I use a small 6" "smooth" file.
I then very carefully drive the pin out with a straight pin punch. I do that while the scale and washer are supported on the back side. There mush be a same size hole in the support for the pin to go into on the back side.
I have not had good luck with the Flush cutters, even the good ones. They are great for saving one scale that has lost its mate along the way.
~Richard