ORIGINAL: opjose
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.
Not many folks pin a CA hinge. It's usually something done to hinges like the flat Dubro hinges. Works very well. I have a special burr I use to do the drilling that is a tight fit for a cut down tooth pick. I drill from the botton through the wood and the hinge and about mid way through the wood on the top so the pin doesn't show. I use a drop of thick CA in the hole then force in the pin. It lamanates the pin into the wood very well. I went back to using Pacer hinge glue and the stuff holds so well I gave up the pins.