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Messing around in the shop and found this, obviously it is a keeper pin of some kind, push the button on top and the ball bearings get loose, but the question is what does it keep....pretty sure it goes to my dads old Shop Smith 80's era Mark V 500, but can't seem to figure out where, could be wrong might have nothing to do with the SS, but figured maybe some one might know...took two pic in my hand for size reference

Did not come from the MS.

GoNavy wrote:Messing around in the shop and found this, obviously it is a keeper pin of some kind, push the button on top and the ball bearings get loose, but the question is what does it keep....pretty sure it goes to my dads old Shop Smith 80's era Mark V 500, but can't seem to figure out where, could be wrong might have nothing to do with the SS, but figured maybe some one might know...took two pic in my hand for size reference

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That is a military quick release pin. The Air Force uses them every where. They are used as safety pins for securing landing gear or munitions on the ground among other things and for anything else that requires quick insertion or removal. They come in hundreds of different sizes. The ring on the handle would have a red "REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT" streamer for aircraft applications or in the case of ground equipment it would have a small cable to attach to the equipment so it would not get lost. The smaller pins have a round button head but otherwise are identical.

I am not sure if the civilian world uses them but I would guess so. Particularly the aircraft industry.

jsburger wrote: That is a military quick release pin. The Air Force uses them every where. They are used as safety pins for securing landing gear or munitions on the ground among other things and for anything else that requires quick insertion or removal. They come in hundreds of different sizes. The ring on the handle would have a red "REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT" streamer for aircraft applications or in the case of ground equipment it would have a small cable to attach to the equipment so it would not get lost. The smaller pins have a round button head but otherwise are identical.

I am not sure if the civilian world uses them but I would guess so. Particularly the aircraft industry.

Thank you...OK so nothing to do with SS, makes sense dad was retired Air Force (24 years) must have brought it home to use on something. I am retired Navy pretty sure I didn't bring home anything like that...oh ya he was a load master...lol...falls right in line with what you just described. Only reason I thought it might be SS related was it was on the pegboard with some other SS accessories

GoNavy wrote:

jsburger wrote: That is a military quick release pin. The Air Force uses them every where. They are used as safety pins for securing landing gear or munitions on the ground among other things and for anything else that requires quick insertion or removal. They come in hundreds of different sizes. The ring on the handle would have a red "REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT" streamer for aircraft applications or in the case of ground equipment it would have a small cable to attach to the equipment so it would not get lost. The smaller pins have a round button head but otherwise are identical.

I am not sure if the civilian world uses them but I would guess so. Particularly the aircraft industry.

Thank you...OK so nothing to do with SS, makes sense dad was retired Air Force (24 years) must have brought it home to use on something. I am retired Navy pretty sure I didn't bring home anything like that...oh ya he was a load master...lol...falls right in line with what you just described. Only reason I thought it might be SS related was it was on the pegboard with some other SS accessories

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