Now that I'm home I can expand a bit on the hybrid pin. I'm thinking about taking 7/16" X 7/16" stock, drilling a 1/4" hole through the center, rounding over the two back edges and leaving wedge side edge square. Then just insert the 1/4" aluminum pin only gluing it to the wedge block so it will pivot in the plane body sides. I'm sure I've seen this done somewhere. Actually a 1/8" pin with a 1/4" x 1/4" wedge block would probably be fine for this size plane. I'll play around with this, hopefully over the weekend or next.
Last edited by Dale Osowski; 02-07-2022 at 5:02 PM.
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