bwells Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 does anyone know if there is a pu top made with a 101 attaching pin. i am getting more and more shoes with 101 tubes and not all my customers want metal heels.at the moment i change the tubes for good customers but this is time consuming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 I haven't noticed (as yet) a rise in the 101pins, but I do one of two things. Either run a 2.6mm drill down the barrel (usually available from a GOOD tool merchant) to make a 115 barrel, this is my own preferred method. or skim the pin of the PU top down with the machine. personally my own last resort is a new barrel and the complications this can throw up. Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyrogers Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 you can change the pins in double top heels which are rubber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobblers Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 very interesting info that hugh, thanks. rick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auto Key Wizard Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 What you think are .101 pin tubes are in fact made for .110 pin size PU tops. These are made in the UK for the Chinese manufacturers of footwear. (beats me as to why they cant do them themselves but they have not mastered the injection moulding proccess for these tops as yet. (for info only) If the above post is 'for information only' why the need to delete? Tel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brentlee Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 Supertap make their pegged toplifts in heaps of pin sizes. For the 110 tubes you would need the blue coloured pins me thinks their pin sizes are as follows aqua 104 & 265 blue 11 & 280 copper 115 & 295 gold 12 & 305 silver 13 & 330 green 145 & 370 this info i got from randy lipson in the U.S.A as the boxes we get in oz dont list the pin sizes hope this helps. brett ps do your suppliers supply supertaps?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earlsdoncobbler Posted August 5, 2006 Report Share Posted August 5, 2006 had a shoe in yesterday made in chine on the bottom which had a very thin heel and the pin was 0.93 thou so i filed a .115 to fit not seen one this thin before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh-Candoit (ENG) Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 These are quite common with a few well know High Street retailers and I think the topic has been covered a couple of times. Brentlee, there are a couple of those sizes that the 1st number is a 2 digit one should this be3 diget and if so what is the missing diget. What is the second larger number for? is this the lenght of the pin or the size of the top-piece?. (good reference article but have you not posted it before? I seem to recall something similiar earlier on) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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