[CAUT] Key Bushing Removal

[Ron Nossaman]

> Last night at our guild meeting we were discussing key work, and the 
> subject of bushing removal came up and one of the guys (Calvin Brown) 
> told us that he had made a tool for bushing removal by drilling holes in 
> a bushing caul and inserting a tube   from a tea kettle to carry steam 
> directly in to the bushing by means of holes drilled so as to let steam 
> in to the upper part of the caul.  That way you don’t have to saturate 
> the entire key. I think that this has been dun be for, has any one dun 
> this. I bet you have Susan
> 
> Don Wigent

I did this with a couple of monochord agraffes. Drill through 
the shank from the bottom until the bit intersects the hole, 
then thread the thing(s) into the lid of a small cheap (thrift 
store) pressure cooker. I pre-soak the bushings with a squeeze 
bottle and warm water with a dash of liquid soap to break the 
surface tension, then steam on the pressure cooker.
Ron N