Baiting? Me, A good olé Southern boy? Learned to fish at age tree? Nope! Not me!
As Jerry pointed out; "I certainly didn't mean to sound critical of folks who don't use the Kadee magnetic uncoupling feature. It absolutely makes sense to cut the pins off the Kadees if one is certain they are not going to use them. "
Just remember, If you ask a question here, there will be lots of other folks reading the answers. Maybe they should think twice about cutting off the pins, It is not easy to undo. We may think we don't want them now. We may say we plan to never use the uncoupling feature and snip. A few years later, well. the switch yard got a little wider and less accessible. Plans can change. Eyesight goes, hands shake, can't remember where I put the Popsicle stick, and I've painted everything orange cause I lose everything.
By the way, I used a good heavy duty pair of wire cutters.. Later I wished I hadn't. Now, on the rare occasion That I do need to remove one, (font pilot of some steamers,), I press it out using my drill press and force a piece of brass rod in it's place. The brass won't rust.
For most people, they should think twice before removing an operation devices like the glad hands of the Kadees or the sliders on LGB or USAT, If you do, try to make it reversible. Keep the parts, someday you may wish you had. If you just can't live with something that is a little out of scale, and can't figure a way to make it reversible, then go right ahead and snip, file or cut. It's your hobby and your trains.
I'm glad Matt has thought it through. He wants scale like good looking couplers. Kadee's are certainly reliable, I wonder why more people don't use Accucraft if the appearance is so important.
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Oh! Am I the only one who paints the springs on my Kadees?
PS: Richard, About the baiting thing, did the way I signed the post give me away?
