Balance rail pins, key buttons

[John Ross]

Hi Ken,
I for one would be interested. I wonder how many home made jigs are around,
that would be of interest to the rest of us.
May'be they could have a 'Jig of the Month'  section in the Journal?
Thank you.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ken Jankura wrote:

> At 04:02 PM 9/17/99 -0300, you wrote:
> >  Hi Clark,
> >I have thought of making my own keybuttons.
> >I would appreciate knowing if anyone has had any luck making them,
> >economically and consistent in size.
> >I would appreciate it if they would share their expertise.
> >Regards,
> >John M. Ross
> >Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada. Clark wrote: Hi, I recall an inquiry here a
>
>  Just had a wonderful chapter technical with Mike Carraher (not on list).
> He uses a very accurate homemade jig to hold the key at the correct angle
> to clean out old mortices using his x-y vise on the drill press and an end
> mill of correct size, for rebushing. I don't see why this wouldn't work for
> making key buttons as well. Years ago I 'retrofitted' an old set of Knabe
> keys (with the .088 balance rail oblong pins) by sharpening a .250 drill
> bit to a very gradual point and free-handing the key mortice on the drill
> press. (Doing it once was enough.) I replaced the pins with .147, rebushed,
> and it worked. If there is interest, I can try to describe the jig and
> procedure Mike has devised.
> Ken Jankura
>
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