keytop trimming (HELP!)

[Greg Newell]

Brian,
         This, in conjunction with Roger's description will be the way I 
go. Thanks VERY Much!

Greg Newell


At 05:40 PM 6/10/2002, you wrote:
>Hi Greg,
>
>If the sides of the keys aren't perfectly
>straight, neither will cuts being indexed to
>them.  Unfortunately, things can happen to a set
>of keys over the course of a a half century or
>more, and some things can be built in from the
>start.
>
>I've never tried using a router jig to trim the
>sides.  I normally use the 1" belt sander you
>refer to and maybe dress things up with a small
>file and perhaps a bit of sandpaper here and
>there.
>
>I have known of people using little more than a
>selection of hand files to do the job.
>
>It's one of those jobs that there's no one right
>way to do it, only what looks good when you're
>done.
>
>I have never tried to use a router jig because it
>always seems that there are lead weights where
>the router bearing would ride which would do an
>undesirable number on that keytop or some other
>defects or gouges or such that it just wouldn't
>work so well.
>
>I know, I know, this is the age of power tools!
>;-)  And it kinda goes against the grain to think
>about more "primitive" tools.  But with the
>perhaps some roughing in with a belt sander and
>the right couple of hand files, it just might not
>take all that long to do a really classy job.
>
>Good luck,
>
>Brian T.
>
>
>
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Greg Newell
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