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Old 10-27-2009 | 02:45 PM
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Default RE: Hinge Pins

ORIGINAL: RCKen

You can use a small wooden dowel rod or even a round toothpick. Simply drill a hole through the wood and hinge, push the dowel or toothpick through, apply glue, and trim flush with the outer wood.

Ken
I can understand that using a metal pin, cut flush with the airfoil, would provide a great improvement in retention and strength, as many people do.

However I wonder about a mere toothpick?

I can't imaging that a toothpick would add that much more strength over a properly soaked CA bond.

It would be interesting to test this.