action bedding

[jolly roger]

>    On the new Baldwins, with the glides on the front of the keybed, I back
>those completely off, then I bed the balance rail, then I will use paper to
>bed the front rails. I still don't have to remove the stack.! Hope this
>helps.

Hi Kevin,
              The Baldwin front rail is supposed to have .020" clearance at
the rear of the front rail.
This is the thickness of most 6" machinist rules.
The fastest procedure is as follows,
1. back out the BR glides.
2. set the front rail glides for .020" clearance and good bedding.
3. use a jaras key leveller to adjust the BR glides, so the plunger just
starts to move, then back off a hair.

This amount of clearance is needed to make sure the sharps will not cause
the rear of the FR to 'clack'.

Fine tune all adjustments aurally. A 5min job.

Gina and i covered key bedding in depth in the Journal last year.  Key
bedding with the keys out is crude at best, since the frame will change
shape once all the keys are added.  It will get you in the ball park, but
no more.
Get to know the difference between soft wood and hard wood frames.  There
is a big difference.
Regards Roger