Repinning flanges: Unusual discovery and solution

[gordon stelter]

Use a dab of water and an elecric keybushing remover
to convert it into steam in the mortise. A tiny bit of
soap ( preferably vegetarian based ) in the water
should break it's surface tension so that it does not
bead up on the felt, and soaks in better.
     Thump

  

--- Ken Jankura <kenrpt@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I wasn't foolhardy enough to fill up the mortice
> with water, but I did use
> too much and it cracked the key fronts on quite a
> few keys :-(
> Ken Jankura rpt
> Fayetteville PA
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
> 
> > Removing key bushings - you need to dab little
> water on them, right? But
> maybe they dry out a little too fast. Well, common
> sense will tell you that
> if a little water is good, a lot is better! A good
> solution would be to
> simply fill that nice little receptacle (key
> mortise) up to the top with
> water! That way the key bushings get a real good
> soaking. Of course, you
> need to keep adding water to the mortise ........
> because it seems to go
> away ...... somewhere. Let sit overnight. Works
> great. Bushings fall right
> out! Anyone ever see a key with a nearly circular
> cross section? (I have.)
> :-(
> >
> > Can anyone top that? Or do I get the booby prize?
> >
> > Terry Farrell
> 
> 
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