You can heat the brass and cool the pin. As small as the parts are a soldering iron or a butane mini torch will likely be enough. Salt on chipped ice will get about -16 degrees F as I recall. John Ferrell 6241 Phillippi Rd Julian NC 27283 Phone: (336)685-9606 johnferrell@earthlink.net http://DixieNC.US NSRCA 479 AMA 4190 W8CCW "My Competition is Not My Enemy" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hord" To: Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 10:05 PM Subject: Re: [OT: ] Securing a steel pin in brass > >Oh, great. I remember vaguely that one of the reasons for which brass is > >not ok for in vivo is the fact that it has to be used necessarily with > >steel tools (like blades). The resulting battery (when steel touches brass > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body