This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hey, is that the James Baker from NC? If so, so nice to hear from you. = Please chime in now and then and let us know what you are thinking! = Going to Chicago this summer???? Maybe it was you that brought me luck = when I won that nice Renner tuning hammer......or maybe it was that = brunette.......anyway, take care. Terry Farrell =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: James Baker=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 12:36 PM Subject: Re: Key Bushings & Hot Hide Glue I use a glue pot from Schaff with a Tupperware type lid I found which = just fits my glue pot. I cut a 1" hole in the center for my glue stick. = For key bushing, I make my glue in a baby food or pimento jar and put = the jar in my pot surrounded by a water bath. A popsickle stick squared = off is the perfect length and width for the pre cut cloth from Renner. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Farrell=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 8:39 AM Subject: Re: Key Bushings & Hot Hide Glue My little hot pot on cost $11 and it has a nice lid that keeps the = moisture in so that the glue does not skim over. It is wider also, so = less chance of tipping over. Joe Garrett has informed me that keeping = the glue between 130 F and 150 F should be just fine. My 140 F should = work quite well then. The supply house pots are just so expensive. I'm sure they work fine = also. The ugly truth is that three years ago I bought one, used it once, = and decided that I would never use hot hide glue again. I looked for it = the other day when about to start glueing key bushings, and could not = find it. So WalMart there I went. I'll keep my eyes open around the = homestead for my old glue pot though. I did not realize you could adjust = them. Terry Farrell =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Howard F Jackson=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 8:08 AM Subject: Re: Key Bushings & Hot Hide Glue Terry, You just going around the world to get across the street. Just = order a glue pot from Schaff or your favorite supply house. Buy a = candy/deep fry thermometer to check. If needed, remove a few screws = and the pot housing opens up and can be calibrated with a turn of a = screw. I've had my pot 25 yrs or so and adjusted it once after it fell = off the work bench. =20 Howard=20 On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 21:46:21 -0500 "Farrell" = <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> writes: Thanks Roger. I've been won over.=20 What methods do folks use to keep the water bath at 130 F? I = have a Rival Hot Pot (the one Bill Spurlock recommends). It has a little = dial guage that I have set to low. That was close to boiling, so I put = the little thingeemabobble thing in the plug that Schaff (or whoever) = sells for regulating the heat to a soldering iron for ironing key = bushings and whatnot (a reostat?). I set that on the lowest setting = also, but the pot held at a steady 140 F. Any recommendations? And I = don't want to be feeding it ice cubes every five minutes either! Thanks. Terry Farrell =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: jolly roger=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 8:51 PM Subject: Re: Key Bushings & Hot Hide Glue Hi Terry, There will be no turning back, you are hooked. = My goodness another hot hide glue addict. Warning, you may start to = find lots of uses for it <G> Regards Roger Howard Jackson, RPT email: Hjackson8@juno.com Monroe, LA (318) 388-4879 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/b5/83/ed/f0/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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