Button Bushing Quandry

[John Delacour]

At 1:51 pm -0500 26/8/06, John Delmore wrote:

>...With Renner "Thin" bushing cloth, a 0.125 final caul gives about 
>a perfect dry fit.  The 0.146 final caul "will" fit, but very, very 
>tightly (no split buttons...yet, scary tight, though).  So, is there 
>a source for "super-thin" bushing cloth?  Replace buttons?  Use the 
>0.125 cauls and "ease on down the road"?  Stuff in the 0.146s and 
>hope for the best?

If the bushings you took out are no thinner than Renner's "thin", 
then you don't need a thinner cloth but a plug of the right 
thickness.  There's a HUGE difference (0.5mm) between the sizes you 
mentioned.  Cut a strip of card of a suitable thickness, fold it into 
a V and push that in before you push in the plug.  That way the 
effective thickness of your plug is whatever you choose.

JD