key bushings

[Leslie W Bartett]

Or go to a Salvation Army store, or another like it, and buy kettles, or
pressure cookers for virtually nothing.........
les bartlett
houston

On Fri, 24 Mar 2000 08:19:47 -0700 Chris Gregg <cgregg@cadvision.com>
writes:
> Greg
> 
> 	I just steamed out a set out last night.  It is definely the 
> best way to
> get the key bushings out.  Try it on removing old dampers as well.  
> You do
> not have to buy the expensive Stanley Steamer.  Go to the hardware 
> store
> and buy a kettle that has a whistle in it, no automatic shutoff.  
> The one I
> bought was $16.00 Canadian. Drill a hole in the whisle hole for a 
> piece of
> 7/32 pipe, you will find a piece of dampp chaser tubing will fit 
> over this.
> I use a ballpoint pen on the other end as a nozzle and a piece of 
> foam over
> the tubing as a handle.  I also use a piece of foam, or you could 
> use a
> cloth, to push in the spout and voila, you have a steamer that is 
> cheap and
> effective. I could take a photograph if you are interested.
> 
> Chris Gregg
> 
> 
> At 11:41 PM 3/23/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> >List,
> >    I've read two posts of late about steaming out old bushings. I
> >wonder if any of you have ever tried using wallpaper paste remover? 
> I
> >use a mixture of this applied with a dropper directly onto the 
> bushings.
> >I will sometimes apply to the set a second time just to insure
> >penetration. Usually if the glue was hide glue they either remove 
> very
> >easily with a wet cloth ironed over the bushings or sometimes 
> (often)
> >they just fall out even before the application of steam. Does 
> anyone
> >else use this method or have this kind of experience?
> >
> >Greg Newell
> >
> >
> >
>  http://www.cadvision.com/cgregg
> 

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