Hi Ron, I use a similar system, the added bonus is nice tight balance rail holes, cleans up any chucking problems. Roger At 10:26 PM 23/03/00 -0600, you wrote: >>By the way, I put a very damp cloth over several key bushings at once and >>apply a hot iron. Count to 15 or twenty and they all just about fall >>out. >> >>Roger Hayden > > >Hi Roger, >I did it that way for a long time. Actually, I used a strip of felt. Now I >use a small pressure cooker as a steam jet. It seems to be a little slower >than the felt/iron on the easy sets, and faster with the tough ones. The >steam jet doesn't tend to lift off key buttons or risk good ivory on the >tough sets like repeated applications of the felt/iron did either. At least >that's my experience. I pre-dampen the bushing sets before steaming to >soften the glue somewhat, and for thermal conductivity. > > >Ron N > Roger Jolly Saskatoon, Canada. 306-665-0213 Fax 652-0505
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