Original pin block

[Ron Nossaman]

> So, if going up in size in the original block I believe you should stick 
> with the original length. 

I agree. I wouldn't put a longer pin into an un-reamed 
existing block, for the reasons stated.

Pin feel and control is what prompted me to try a composite 
block originally.

An aside observation: Even with a 2-1/2" pin in a 1.6" thick 
block, the block is a half inch thicker than it needs to be to 
hold the pin. So almost a third of the thickness of the block 
is a waste of good maple. Then, particularly on the C and D, 
the blocks are so much wider than the pin fields, that close 
to half of the width is wasted too. More good maple put to no 
good use. Seems a shame.

Ron N