Thread: can't get my pins tight

So I decided to try and repin a razor, and I've been tapping......and tapping.......and tapping.......and tapping, I sure didn't think the pins were too tall when I started but this thing still whips open like a butterfly knife, am I doing something wrong or what?

Been there and done that. My guess is you snipped them a bit too long. Check out gssixgun's tutorial on re-pinning in the SRP Wiki.

Make sure you're peening correctly. You need to aim to mushroom the pin.
If you conclude that the problem is that they are too long, you can shorten them. Protect the area with electrical tape then file them down. Once you've done that peen away.

Did you anneal the brass rod before the pinning? Pinning is harder (literally) if you don't.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Did you anneal the brass rod before the pinning? Pinning is harder (literally) if you don't.

A big +1. I've had some brass rod that was impossible to peen before annealing.

Pinning is one of those things that sounds simple and straightforward but it does take some finesse. If not done right you can tap till next year. For many if they don't get it right away they resort to a bigger tapper and that leads to disaster.

I might have to try annealing, thanks all

+1 on making sure it's short enough and that you're mushrooming the tips. To do that, let it deflect off the side a bit when you hit the brass rod and work your way around the edge.

the annealing helped soooooooo much (didn't have a torch so the stovetop is my new annealing foundry)

My last package of brass rod from H. Lobby is super hard...I know what you were talkiing about. After annealing it is fine, but I did get frustrated and tapped a little hard and bend a pin before i annealed the rest of the rods.