Panel pins

[ChilliBob]

Hey guys, I've got some panel pins from eBay, however, I'm wondering if they're actually panel pins!

See the pic (that's me testing, not actually work!!)

I very vaguely remember my dad having panel pins, which once driven in, were nearly invisible, not having a round head like these. Did I imagine them?!

Wondering if I need to search for something else, scotia pins, lost head nails, something different?!

Cheers!

 

[Burnerman]

As I recall, the original 'panel pins' actually had a rhomboid head which gave as little trace as possible once in......they were cadmium plated.
Nowadays, lost head / panel pins don't seem to have much difference!
John

 

[pete50]

Yes they had a little point on the top. Panel pins or lost head nails don't have that these days it would seem. You will need a nail punch (or another slightly bigger nail) to punch the heads down and then fill the hole left.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_....H0.Xnail+punch.TRS0&_nkw=nail+punch&_sacat=0

 

[ChilliBob]

I have a punch from when I was doing my floors. Gah, so they don't make the oldskool ones anymore then? Seems I basically have 'nails' now tbh!!

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Nearly invisible? Try veneer pins. These are nearly invisible, but delicate to work with (hold in an old wooden clothes peg and knock in with a 4 to 6oz. Warrington hammer). Still made - I used some earleir this year to effect repairs on a glazed oak screen

 

[JohnD]

for ease, simplicity and speed, you can use a pin-rammer or ram-pin

Not often seen, but still made. Old ones on ebay.