Thread: Soft/Hard Pins

Originally Posted by JOB15

Now i realise that most ppl pin with soft pins, hence the saying about using a spoon to peen, which sounded stupid to me but now i understand.

Interesting, the few times I have ordered/bought rod for peening it was just nickel silver rod and I never gave a thought to how hard or soft they were. I always used a very small ball peen hammer to peen with. The only time I use a heavy old soup spoon is to tighten up a loose pivot so I take less of a chance cracking the scales.

Bob