Thread: Locking pins for Triton Mk3

Carbatec

Oh, ok. Can't see them listed on their website and the Sydney store didn't respond to a recent email...thinking I'm after hens teeth


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Try 1800 658 111

Thanks Chrism3 - Carbatec advise they have back orders from August last year for locking pins that remain unfulfilled so no real prospect of obtaining...


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OK, then try here:
http://www.justtools.com.au/prod8010.htm

There is a pair on EBay right now for a buy price of $15 but you had better be quick

Doncra seems to have disappeared, but those pins on eBay were/are pickup only.

Have a look here:

http://www.toolsparesonline.com/prod...-pin-each.aspx

The pins shown are probably not for a Mk. 3, but you can judge, then contact the site to see if they stock what you want.

If the cost of shipping is high, I'm happy that they post them to me (in the UK also) and I'll pop them in a jiffy bag for you.

Regards,

Ray

Someone posted a 3d design for these pins on shapeways but they are expensive (made in s/s) to print.

The link is here: http://www.shapeways.com/model/35298...ng-pin-v1.html

Thanks everyone for the input - It doesn't appear the pins are available as spares anywhere and the shapeways option looks horrendously expensive for what is essentially a small bit of milled metal...


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One thing occurs to me that might be worth investigating. I no longer have a Mk 3 so don't have a pin to compare, but that shape reminds me a lot of the shape on the shaft end of a lot of plastic handled screw drivers. It's presumably there to prevent the shaft being pulled out or rotating. If you have an old one you could break it open to compare, or look at ones in the $2 shop.
If it is the right shape and size (or could be filed to fit) that would only leave you with the problem of bending the shaft.......
Chris

The pin body is much wider than any screwdriver shaft unfortunately. I'm in the same position with a spare mk3 table so I'm just going to get a bolt and some nuts to hold the table top down in place of the pins. A pain for sure but such is life.

Look around- I certainly have screwdrivers that are the right size - but they look tough to bend at that diameter. Come to think of it, you could always weaken them a bit first with a hacksaw cut on the side opposite.

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I thought I should put my money where my mouth was. I went to the dollar shop and bought a $2 philips head screwdriver with an 8mm diameter shaft.
I removed the handle and confirmed that the flat section was there as I suspected. But the flat section was about 4mm thick, too thick to fit into the slot . So I filed it thinner across the flat on both sides. This was more difficult than expected, because the screwdriver was stamped "Chrome Vanadium". I thought this might be Chinese exaggeration, but now I think not!
Then I used the grinder to round off the end, and to cut the length of the raised section back slightly to 9mm, the crucial distance for locking the workcentre top.
So far so good. Then as suspected bending it to a right angle proved difficult, and the shaft snapped cleanly, despite my preliminary hacksaw cut to weaken it. Chrome Vanadium appears to be brittle.
If I were doing this again I would look for an old screwdriver with softer steel, which would be easier to file and to bend - perhaps at a sunday market. But it is certainly possible to do. screwdriver.jpghandle removed.jpgshaped but snapped.jpg