Ron's excellent kerfing article was in the February 2008 Journal, p.18. -Court Stewart On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Mccoy, Alan <amccoy at ewu.edu> wrote: > Oh yeah, seems I remember you writing an article about that very thing > somewhere in the not too dim past. > > Foggy Al > > > ------------------------------ > *From: *Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> > *Reply-To: *CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org> > *Date: *Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:31:15 -0700 > *To: *CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org> > *Subject: *Re: [CAUT] Key Spacing: The Distal End > > reggaepass at aol.com wrote: > > When spacing (i. e., bending) the portion of the key between the balance > > pin and the distal end (where the lifter felt is) is indicated, does > > anyone have a technique that works particularly well for them? Â We are > > experimenting with heat alone (which we have found to be extremely > > slow-going, so far) and with steam (more rapid results, but harder to > > contain than heat without all that moisture in it). Â Thoughts? > > > > Alan Eder > > I tried some things along those lines many years back for > spacing and straightening twisted keys, and finally gave up on > it. Steaming seemed to leave enough residual moisture (I > guess), that the key didn't stay where I put it. Dry heat > wouldn't let me get it where I wanted it in the first place. > Maybe I didn't char them enough. <G> In any case, I decided I > could keep trying through two birthdays, or just kerf the > things and steer them where I wanted them dry and cold. It > doesn't come up that often (one less incentive to spend time > developing a bending technique that I could get to work once > in a row), so kerfing still works for me in those rare > instances when it's necessary. > > Ron N > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20090820/3ee0a2ce/attachment.htm>
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