Any tips for making holes for track pins?

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IanS
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Re: Any tips for making holes for track pins?

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I use tiny screws - I do a pilot hole first with the Arhimedes drill then carefully screw in the little screw. It makes continually changing the layout fun - or altering it.

If you use screws they're easy to remove, so those that prefer glue as the final fix can do the same as me, then remove easily any screws.
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Ian,i have been saying that for years.I, Never use pins, always, diddy screws. What a sensible man.
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Re: Any tips for making holes for track pins?

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Brian wrote: Wed Sep 16, 2020 6:01 pm Pins of any type are really not needed once the track is bonded in place by ballast and the glue has set dry. :D
I got a packet of SL-14 pins and they worked perfectly without a pilot hole. I have quite a bit of track that is going to be hidden eventually so that will not be ballasted.
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just dont get fed up, and want to change anything. Those of us, who do, on a regular basis, dont Ballast, and only screw track. Makes life, much easier.
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