Shortening plastic keytops

[Stéphane Collin]

Thanks for input, Dave.

This job was for covering the keyboard of an old Erard upright, which I 
bought to take off its ivory  (which was just perfect) and to put it on 
an old Pleyel concert grand which had celluloïd keytops replacing junk 
ivories.  By the way, this Pleyel has an interessant feature : the SIDES 
of the keytops are covered (still) with ivory.  I had never seen this 
before.
But I am not sure to understand what a laminate trimmer is (my english 
is what it is).  Can you describe it ?  Or should I call Conrad Hoff for 
translating into french ?

Regards,

Stéphane Collin.

Dave Doremus a écrit :

> A laminate trimmer works fine, just double stick tape a piece of 1/16" 
> aluminum to the key fronts as a guide and clamp the keys solidly down 
> to a rail. Then its easy to file a bevel along the front, with good 
> light, and buff. I have done this several times this year on sets of 
> keys that someone, for some reason left overhanging by 1/4" or more. 
> Isnt it funny how these things come in waves, probably 10yrs before I 
> do it again......Has anyone tried a roundover bit, say 1/8" radius?
>
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> ----Dave
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> Dave Doremus, RPT
> New Orleans
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> On 5/4/04, Richard Brekne said:
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>>  I'd think one of those mini bandsaws with a very fine blade would 
>> cut through that stuff ok...
>>
>>> Hi Ric.
>>>
>>> This might seem a stupid question, but what machine do you use for 
>>> machining plastic keytops ?
>>>
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