Fairly clear, Gammy - Using a standard plunge depth / insert thickness? Is insert left high, to be sanded flush? How close to keytop can / do you get with router? Picture of your set up? Regards - David Skolnik Hastings on Hudson, NY At 07:20 AM 7/21/2008, you wrote: >On giving this more thought, I would pass on the filling endeavor. >The cart is before the horse... It's like deciding to gild the plate >after you restrung the piano. > >But afterthoughts are sometimes the Grandmothers of Invention. > >Here's what I would do so as not to have a dissimilar material on the key: > >Route out a strip with a 1/4" or so bit with a plunge router. Start >at the front >and route a slot right off the back of the head. Inlay a piece of >wood fashioned >from suitable stock. Trim rear edge to the angle of the key. > >The diameter of the router bit would be determined by the width of the damage. >The only filling that may be needed would be at the top front edge >of the inlay >if you left it rounded. Otherwise squaring the corners would preclude rounding >the ends on the inlays. >-- > >Regards, > >Jon Page > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.5.3/1563 - >Release Date: 7/20/2008 12:59 PM
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