I'd go with 'pin' and 'dimpling punch' or 'dimpling pin'..

Well you hammer onto the pin with a pin of smaller dia, I think..

No idea what kind of doors require what kind of terminology, though, however I'd doubt this is standardized. The terms are seem to be pretty spongy...

Thanks, lucaleon! So, the countersunk pin = Senkdorn!!

I'm for "dimpling punch" too:

http://www.dict.cc/?s=dimpling

Thanks, All! In another one of my "sauna" threads, someone just happened to post a link to the manaul I'm translating (well, trying to :-) - this part makes even less sense, than has other bits - the diagram is on page 13:
http://www.saunatec.de/media/files/Montageanl...

Do you use the "dimpling punch" to "hammer out" the "Metalstift" - or does the Metalstift have a dimpling punch?? I feel so utterly lost.

You hammer out the metal pin with the punch.

Thank you, Phillipp!! All's I saw was an arrow pointing upwards :-)

(I haven't looked at any diagrams - too busy applying my nose to my own grindstone - but that's what punches are for.)

(Among other things.)

I'd much rather take my nose for a walk :-)) Does this sound correct: Hammer the metal hinge pin out of the bushing using a dimpling punch.

I'd prefer "using, etc." at the start:

"Using a punch hammer the metal pin out of ..."

I have no idea at all if the rest of your translation (particularly "bushing") is okay, sorry.

No problem, Phillipp - back to the grind :-)

Drive the metal pin out of the hinge sleeves using a punch.

You are talking about a door adjustment, right? :-))

Ich kenne das Werkzeug unter dem Begriff Durchschlag (womit auch schon die Funktion beschrieben wird); findest Du z. B. hier.
 
Ernst, Wörterbuch der industriellen Technik
übersetzt das mit
drift, piercer, drift punch, backing-out punch

Ein Durchschlag ähnelt einem Meißel. Statt einer Schneide läuft er vorn in einen zylindrischen oder leicht konischen Dorn aus. Du setzt das vordere Ende des Durchschlags auf den Stift und schlägst auf das hintere Ende mit dem Hammer. Auf diese Weise treibst Du den Stifft aus der Bohrung / der Buchse / dem Scharnier.

I wonder whether they don't just mean a "nail punch", which is used e.g. to countersink nails in floorboards and corresponds to Lutz's description. "dimpling punch" sounds to me too rare a piece of kit for average DIY work.

I'm pretty sure a Hülse of a hinge is a "barrel". So, knock the hinge pins out of the barrels using a nail punch perhaps.

Yeah, Helmi - door adjustment it is - the "instruction" on installing the door was: Remove packaging and position door in frame - end of details. Now the last WHOLE page is on how to adjust a "Türblatt = door leaf (according to LEO)" should you not have installed it properly :-)) Sleeve! That sounds good.

Lutz, sie haben auch ein Rubrik "Required Tools" - no mention of a "Senkdorn," which I just assumed must be part of the hinge set-up - BUT they have a "Stechbeitel" which as far as I can figure, is a "beveled-edge chisel" - this was on page 2, and I'm now on the final page, and it hasn't yet come into play. They are not at all consistent in terminology - that varies from sentence to sentence. Going crazy!

Hi, Anne! We cross-posted and I think I'm going for your suggestion of nail punch/knock - and add barrel as an alternative to Helmi's sleeve.

Thanks, bunches, All - you've helped me keep a grip on my sanity :-)