Dave
When my pins get bent or broken I replace them by making more.
Get some brazing rod in appropriate size and attach a wood handle by drilling the wood and bending the rod after putting it thru a drilled hole.
The lead doesn't stick to the bronze and they are cheap so I make several.
Thanks Robby,now all I gotta do is find me some of those brazing rods. :

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glad to hear that im not the only one that had them crap out.
Mine are a lil bent and worn from trying to use pliers when I was first learning but I lost em and ended up finding the lost pins in Flatcatnightmare's (Guppy) garage a couple days after I had cast enough to last me well into spring time. :oops: [smilie=a_doh.gif]
But I think I am still gonna try and make some new and improved ones out of the bronze brazing rods.
I love saving money and that will give me somthing catfish related to do when Im trapped in the house pretending to do chores! :lol:
just stick your finger in the hole dave.
I tried that,my fingers were too fat and didnt fit and I got burnt really bad too so thanks for that tip Pat. :P :lol: [smilie=a_jester.gif] [smilie=a_partyguy.gif] [smilie=poke.gif] J/K :lol:
use toothpicks and the lead turns the wood to ashes and wala you have a hole right threw it........dont blame me if it dont work, i never tried and just now thought of it
when I skim the slag off the top I tap it directly onto wood.It leaves a mark,but dosent seem like it would be hot long enough to disolve the wood toothpics.But I like that! :

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