OUT OF 1\16 PINstock MATERIAL

[bowkill]

Working on a poor boy southern rifle and just realized i am out of pinstock, is there something i can use from a hardware store or something?

[JoeG]

1/16 welding rod or brass brazing rod

[Mark Elliott]

I buy my pin stock (music wire) at my local Ace hardware store. Hobby stores also carry it for pushrods.

[CARROLLCO]

By pinstock, are you referring to the pins that hold the barrel to the stock? If so, will finish nails work?

[CARROLLCO]

Also, thought of used/new steel guitar strings. My son saves his old ones for me to use in various projects.

[smylee grouch]

Lots of people use plain old nails. You can turn them down if they are too big.

[EC121]

I use the nails out of some pop rivets I have left over.

[Tim Crosby]

 The wire on those little flags they use to mark, boundaries, elc, gas line, etc... works well, It is right at 1/16. You can buy bundles of them at one of the box stores if you can't find any old ones.

[L. Akers]

#4 finish nails.

[jim meili]

Like Tim I use the marker flag wire for thimbles and parts that are not going to be taken out. Cut in short lengths it is really tough stuff. Use bigger pins for the barrel, easier to punch out down the way if need be.

[smallpatch]

Music wire at any hobby shop. Very hard, can't cut with pliers.

[Mark Elliott]

Music wire at any hobby shop. Very hard, can't cut with pliers.

I cut mine with either compound diagonal cutters or mini bolt cutters.   Either one should be around $10 at the hardware store.   

[David Rase]

Music wire at any hobby shop. Very hard, can't cut with pliers.

I agree, that is why I like welding wire.  I still have a few pieces of music wire mixed in with my welding rod.  I hate it when I grab a piece of music wire by accident and try to cut it.  Fortunately I just about got all the music wire purged from my inventory.  It's kind of like German silver.  Every once and a while I find a rogue piece of GS from days past that I missed tossing out.
David

[DFHicks]

You can order music wire from the web page below.  Turn around has been good when I ordered from them.  I would suggest buying 2 or more "tubes" of the 1/16 " as the shipping box is a couple of inches square as I recall.
Greg


http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/k+s/k+s504.htm

[Dave R]

1/16 diameter steel non coated welding rod is available in a tube at many welders supply shops for a reasonable price.

[David Rase]

Music wire at any hobby shop. Very hard, can't cut with pliers.

I cut mine with either compound diagonal cutters or mini bolt cutters.   Either one should be around $10 at the hardware store.   

You still need to be able to cleanup the cuts and round the ends?
David   

[B.Habermehl]

I have always used music wire for pins. I cut it with a Dremmel tool with a cut off wheel and chamfer with the same. I really dislike soft pin stock as sooner or later you will raise a burr on one end of the pin or the other and raise a chip of wood on the stock removing a pin. A new source of pin stock I discovered is insulation hangers they are about 15 inches long by 5/64 dia and come in a pack of 100. Available at lowes or one of the other big box stores.  That's about 100 guns worth of pins for a few bucks. The advantage of 5/64 dia pins is you can use a 1/16 pin punch, easily found at most hardware stores. BJH

[Mark Elliott]

Music wire at any hobby shop. Very hard, can't cut with pliers.

I cut mine with either compound diagonal cutters or mini bolt cutters.   Either one should be around $10 at the hardware store.   

You still need to be able to cleanup the cuts and round the ends?
David   

2"x72" belt sander.   One of the best purchases I ever made. 

[KC]

I recently bought some 1/16th inch music wire off of Amazon.com. They sent me 15 36" lengths which is probably more than I'll ever need. If you still need some, PM me an address and I'll cut some down to fit in an envelope and mail it to you.
K.C.

[bowkill]

thanks KC but went to hardware store and got some finishing nails. Thank they will work great..

[FALout]

When I purchase music wire, I use a map torch to heat the wire to red, seems to cut much easier.

[Stoner creek]

Wool dauber handles or 1/16" drill bit shafts work. Both the same size.

[Frank]

No 3 or No 4 finishing nails. Always used No 3, and never used pin stock. Always worked fine. Don Getz suggested that years ago. If it was good enough for Don, it was good enough for me.

[Long John]

I've been using 6d finishing nails as long as I can remember.  They are .072" diameter, that fits a number 49 drill diameter hole, easy to cut with pliers or diagonal cutters, and dirt cheap.  They have worked well for me for decades.

Best Regards,

JMC

[Jerry V Lape]

I seem to have plenty of 1 /16"  stems from 6" long drill bits.  I tend to break a few of them when drilling holes using the drill guide.  They make great pins with a Dremel.