Bush Whacker

[Les Smith]

On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Newton Hunt wrote:

> Robert
> 
> If you use some CA glue you can repair most of the damage to the
> buttons.  Remove the bushings first, let dry and then reinforce the
> buttons with the CA.  Use a properly sized thin stick with sandpaper
> glued on both sides to size the mortises.  If the cracks extend beyond
> the edges of the mortises use iron  on veneer on top of the buttons to
> reinforce them.
> 
> I  did this on an old S&S D with excellent results, although it had not
> been bush whacked.

Boy, Newton, that sounds like a lot of work to save a set of old key-
buttons. If faced with that job, I think I would reason that if the 
client can afford an S&S D, he can afford a new set of buttons, too! :)

Les Smith