On Jan 20, 8:06*am, Bob Engelhardt wrote:
A taper pin is so much more work to use - is it that much better than a
split pin (aka spring pin)? *Or, putting it another way, in what
circumstances would a split/spring pin be inadequate and a taper pin be
required?

Thanks,
Bob

One thing would be where you want your joint assembled in one position
and one position only. Kind of hard assembling a taper pinned joint
with the inner part 180 degrees out. Appearance would be another.
For most things they used to use taper pins, though, a roll pin will
work.

Stan