Like the title says.... The alignment pins have worked themselves proud on my Lyman mold. It won't close properly.
I can't get them back in... I've heated the mold very hot and everything in between. I gave it a tap with a punch and mallet, and as that got no where I beat it with a punch and hammer. Nada. I dimpled the brass punch in the process. I tried pushing it out from the other side. I tried squeezing it in with a vice. How the pins ever worked themselves out when they are so reluctant to budge is a mystery.
So... ideas? I'd hate to scrap the mold because of these !?**#@ pins.