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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 277218, member: 54"]I should also give another important bit of info to level the playing field a bit. Those who are very familiar with such objects through OJT etc. would call them "pins." Indeed similar objects of brass used aboard ship to secure light lines such as signal halyards, are called "belaying pins." The steel ones are key components of a machine. The fact that these are important and are often sold separately to replace missing ones </p><p>enabled me to I.D. them in minutes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 277218, member: 54"]I should also give another important bit of info to level the playing field a bit. Those who are very familiar with such objects through OJT etc. would call them "pins." Indeed similar objects of brass used aboard ship to secure light lines such as signal halyards, are called "belaying pins." The steel ones are key components of a machine. The fact that these are important and are often sold separately to replace missing ones enabled me to I.D. them in minutes.[/QUOTE]
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