Yea I debated blue or black for the inbound Maker....black matches most anything so I went that route....hmmmmm....
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Yea I debated blue or black for the inbound Maker....black matches most anything so I went that route....hmmmmm....
It's a vicious circle Naut....Yea I debated blue or black for the inbound Maker....black matches most anything so I went that route....hmmmmm....
Saw that 89145, got excited.
Realized it wasn't 89445, got a lot less excited.
Sorry you didn't, but I did
That's only about 25% of the list that's going out, that all I could get ready today. I will be shipping more tomorrow. What went out today we're all the makers that weren't held up for other reasons (Stumpy tips haven't arrived yet, should be here tomorrow morning). Send ins need to be done as do a few LBCs.
Just remember between the three lists it's almost 100 attys. That's a lot of pins. A little behind the scenes info: About 2 months ago when I was doing the Drifter run of 40 I was feeling a little cocky so I sent Hoberto a Catfish atty mods bottom fed Drifter on the house just 'cause I can... He busted my chops about my pin not being silky smooth on the bottom, telling me that that could cause a problem... I knew it was mostly bs but I took it as a suggestion, so no more fresh off the mill or lathe finishes on 510 pins. Now they will all be ground and polished like the Narda.
Overkill, I know but it looks a lot better than most of the attys I have done previously.
Hoberto did take a lesson from me also (which impressed me) the Squonk hole on the Drifter is almost as big as my Authentic Narda big bore pins. The stock Narda/Hobo pin is a #59 which is way to small IMO and will cause hard squonking and crappy drainage (read: it will leak and dry hit frequently) now he is using a #54 which is on the bottom end of acceptable but sufficient. Mine are #53s just like the Narda clone.
Remember the smaller the number the bigger the hole, 1/16" is right in between #53 and #54.
Overkill, I know but it looks a lot better than most of the attys I have done previously.
Hoberto did take a lesson from me also (which impressed me) the Squonk hole on the Drifter is almost as big as my Authentic Narda big bore pins. The stock Narda/Hobo pin is a #59 which is way to small IMO and will cause hard squonking and crappy drainage (read: it will leak and dry hit frequently) now he is using a #54 which is on the bottom end of acceptable but sufficient. Mine are #53s just like the Narda clone.
Remember the smaller the number the bigger the hole, 1/16" is right in between #53 and #54.
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Just remember between the three lists it's almost 100 attys. That's a lot of pins. A little behind the scenes info: About 2 months ago when I was doing the Drifter run of 40 I was feeling a little cocky so I sent Hoberto a Catfish atty mods bottom fed Drifter on the house just 'cause I can... He busted my chops about my pin not being silky smooth on the bottom, telling me that that could cause a problem... I knew it was mostly bs but I took it as a suggestion, so no more fresh off the mill or lathe finishes on 510 pins. Now they will all be ground and polished like the Narda.
Overkill, I know but it looks a lot better than most of the attys I have done previously.
Hoberto did take a lesson from me also (which impressed me) the Squonk hole on the Drifter is almost as big as my Authentic Narda big bore pins. The stock Narda/Hobo pin is a #59 which is way to small IMO and will cause hard squonking and crappy drainage (read: it will leak and dry hit frequently) now he is using a #54 which is on the bottom end of acceptable but sufficient. Mine are #53s just like the Narda clone.
Remember the smaller the number the bigger the hole, 1/16" is right in between #53 and #54.
Whenever I see a long post from Tom I know I'm fixing to learn something
Thanks for what you do 
So what's the theory on polished pin working better? Is it just for better conductivity?
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I enjoy behind the scenes info on how this stuff gets done. Thanks for the insight!
I sure appreciate that you are not satisfied with "good enough".
I sure appreciate that you are not satisfied with "good enough".
You got that right! It's all top shelf in here!I enjoy behind the scenes info on how this stuff gets done. Thanks for the insight!
I sure appreciate that you are not satisfied with "good enough".
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Probably not, but it will decrease erosion of your 510 in the mod itself and feels more like a factory bottom fed atty and less like an afterthought.
roger roger. cheers m8. will hit you up when i have a bit of cash
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