pic: Ultimate chain tool project

[Bryce2471]

Originally Posted by asid61

I believe they meant sizing the pocket such that you can only press the pin out enough to have a little bit left over. That way, you never push the pin out all the way and subsequently be unable to push it back in, which is the most common failure that people seem to have with these.

I don't know if you already got this or not, but this tool is hopefully designed such that it can press a pin back into place after it has been entirely removed.
Are you suggesting that it would be better to design for pushing a pin in that has only been partially removed? Maybe that would be easier.

Also, for rebuilding, I know that the Dark Soul tool has a very wide mandrel for pushing the pins back in. Have you thought about incorporating that rather than relying on the same pin to reassemble?

Yes, I have thought about this. Testing should show if it is helpful or not.