keytop planer

[Jean and David Weiss]

Check out the Journal from November 2003. Page 10.  You will see plans for
an easy to build jig to mill keytops using a router.

David Weiss

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Matt Wynne
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 7:42 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: keytop planer

Greetings fellow piano wizards:

I searched the archive for this info before this post and there 
doesn't seem to be much specific info.

I have been using a table saw to remove old keytops for years and I 
would like to switch to a planer, which seems to be a little more civilized.

I purchased a Ryobi planer, but it has a stock feeder which pulls 
work in, but is not conducive to pulling the work out again.  The 
feeder cannot be disabled.

I was hoping that any of you who use a planer for keytop removal 
would be willing to share what type of planer you use.  Since I need 
to acquire one, it probably won't be useful to post about a machine 
that's been in use for 20 years and no longer readily available.

Thanks in advance,
Matt