Epoxy Pinblock Repair

[Ronald R Shiflet]

Avery,
	I asked the same question when I saw it done.  I think it was
done for 2 reasons.
1.  Saved the cost of the new pinblock plus the time to fit it.
2.  Experimental value to see if the idea would work in the first place.

Ron

On Thu, 23 Jan 1997 16:58:36 -0600 atodd@UH.EDU (Avery Todd) writes:
>Ron,
>
>   Just curious. If one is going to go to all that trouble anyway, why
>not
>just replace the pinblock and be done with it? Assuming it's a
>"normal"
>type block, not a slanted one or something.
>
>Avery
>
>>Method #2. (For the entire pinblock):  Remove the pinblock, duct tape
>the
>>bottom, saturate and fill the holes with epoxy, cure,  smooth down
>the
>>top, reinstall, redrill and restring.
>>
>>Ron Shiflet
>
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