Ed F. wrote; <<" Anybody can pin a pinblock so that it will always be tight, but a more artistic and craftsmanlike approach is to pin it so that it will always be adequately tight, and also easy to tune. ">> Well I have operating on the Thumper's father's principle on this thread....but if I were going to respond on it I would have said something like what Ed said! :-) Baldwin has made decisions based on some management theory or other, or seemingly so. A few of them such as the "accu just" hitch pins and "floating plate" are beneficial, in my opinion, and also somewhat forgiving of less than strict adherance to manufacturing tolerances. The tight pinning that is somewhat identified with Baldwin is an entirely different matter. Though as a tool to combat warranty claims vis a vis "loose pins" it works very well as an unadvertised feature for technicians it is ...let's just say somewhat less than friendly, albeit tameable eventually! :-) Jim Bryant (FL)
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