Hello All! After looking in Arachne Archives consulting Google without
results, I thought I would ask: how would I know what size brass pins I own?
There was a reference to Adele's measuring system on a 2006 Tonder post, but I
didn't find a follow up. After Devon's pin question, I dug out
Susan and everyone
As I've often wondered the same about a box or two of pins that have lost
their label...A quick google of 'pin size chart' produced this web page:
http://www.americanpin.com/pins.html
Dritz, Prim and other pin brands should have info on their pages as well?
29 mm is the
Thank you Bev--you are the Superior Googler! I was looking for pin index
got something else entirely. American pin makes bank pins like we used in
Kim's wire lace class. AP seems to have fine silk pins no chart/index but
will follow up even without a micrometer. LOL Sincerely, Susan
29 mm is the length, equivalent 1.14 inch... to measure diameter you'd have
to have a micrometer I guess!
It's easier to measure diameter if you put about 10 pins side by side in a
row. (you alternate where the heads go). Then you can measure and divide by
10. So if your row of 10 pins is 5.5
Thanks for your advice Adele! Will give it a try. Sincerely, Susan
Adele Shaak ash...@shaw.ca wrote:
29 mm is the length, equivalent 1.14 inch... to measure diameter you'd have
to have a micrometer I guess!
It's easier to measure diameter if you put about 10 pins side by side in a
