[CAUT] glue sizing

[Ron Poire]

Hi all,
It already seems like there have been some good responses to the glue 
sizing issue.
What I learned, goes back to the sixties.  I used to turn the key up side 
down,
using a pipe cleaner, I would put some glue on the front half of the 
balance rail hole, insert a balance rail pin just through the hole, place 
the key on a onextwo, until the glue was dry.  I used a dilute solution of 
titebond and water.
The balance holes were raised up off the bench, to accomodate the length of 
the balance rail pins sticking down from the bottom of the keys.I never had 
any glue get into the bushings.  However, sometimes the glue would creep 
above the shoe in the bottom of the key.  It would then be necessarry to 
use a file or something sharp to remove the unwanted glue.
Another thought occurring to me, is to cut the balance rail pins in half, 
to make it less likely for the pin to go farther then desired into ghe 
balance hole.

Ron Poire

At 11:33 AM 6/27/2005, you wrote:
>Ok, you guys, help me out here. I should probably know this, but I'm 
>having trouble glue sizing my balance rail holes.
>
>I put the glue in the hole, wipe off any excess, and then put the key back 
>on the balance rail. I wipe off the glue comes out the top. After the glue 
>dries, there are three problems. 1. the balance rail punching is sometimes 
>glued to the bottom of the key. That's an easy fix. 2. The glue at the top 
>of the pin dries to the bushing. When I remove the key, sometimes the 
>bushing come off and I have to rebush. 3. I have to clean the glue off the 
>balance rail.
>
>What am I doing wrong?
>
>Wim