Originally Posted by
Quincunx
I thought press-fit WAS British English because it doesn't sound right to my American ears either...I would've said they were tap-in spool pins, or something like that.
To this Aussie's ears, tap-in sounds right.
So to get them out, it's grab a pair of pliers and use a little brute strength? On the Singer 185K I got over the weekend, the spool pin has been replaced with a piece of the correct diameter nylon similar to the stuff found on modern machines.