mortising attachment for drill press

[reggaepass at aol.com]

IF your original assessment of the work to be done anticipated that 
this job would be more involved than a more straightforward scenario, 
then charge away accordingly. What we have to sell is our time and 
experience. If you "didn't see it coming", you could broach the topic 
with your client and see where the conversation goes, pointing out that 
you did what was necessary to get a good result, even though it was far 
beyond a normal key rebushing job. If they are sympathetic and will pay 
for your extra time even though it was beyond the estimate (yes, people 
will sometimes do that), then hooray. If there was a dollar amount 
estimate up front and they want to hold you to it, it would be 
unprofessional to restist.  In that case, eat this one.  Consider it 
part of the price of that experience you are selling along with your 
time.

Best,

 Alan Eder

 -----Original Message-----
 From: edmiller3 at hotmail.com
 To: pianotech at ptg.org
 Sent: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 4:25 AM
 Subject: Re: mortising attachment for drill press

  Thanks to everyone for your suggestions on how to solve my key 
rebushing nightmare, the original post was entitled "disrupted 
mortises". They were disrupted when I removed the bushings that were 
glued in with PVC-E- alot of wood came out with the felt. 
  
  Though were many great suggestions as to how to get an even rebushing 
job at this point, here's what I did with some success... I essentially 
did a 'trial and error' rebushing job. I felt-tested every mortise 
individually with different size felts. In the end I used a wide range 
of felt, spanning as many as 5 sizes apart. Each key got whatever size 
felt that gave me the snug fit that I was looking for. 
  
  Though this procecdure took a lot longer than a normal rebushing job, 
I am pleased with the results. I have not decided whether to charge the 
client more for the job, since it took much longer. What do you all 
think? I dont really feel comfortable doing that. I guess my feeling is 
that, some jobs you make out on, and some you don't. 
  
 Ed 
  
 >From: "MICHAEL MORVAN" <keymaestro at verizon.net> 
 >Reply-To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> 
 >To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> 
 >Subject: Re: mortising attachment for drill press 
 >Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:35:23 -0500 
 > 
 >Ed, 
  > I have used a mortising attachment in a drill press, and as Frank 
 >stated you can ruin your machine and you can buy a mortising machine 
for >cheap money. You can use Bill Spurlock's mortise sizing cauls as 
Terry >stated, they work great if the mortise is okay, but it sounds 
like yours >are very bad. If you were to use a mortising machine to fix 
mortises you >might consider two things: 1. the smallest chisel I've 
been able to find is >1/4 inch, this is wider than any factory mortise 
width and the cloth would >have to be super thick, this leads to an 
unstable mortise, 2. once a >mortise is distorted and wood is ripped 
out, it would be tough to center a >cutter to remove wood evenly on 
both sides, then you would have a spacing >nightmare. This topic of 
mortise repair/replacement is a wonderful reason >to bush keys with hot 
hide glue. Look at the mortise replacement slideshow >on my website, it 
is not terribly difficult to replace a mortise, sometimes >its easier 
than other alternatives, but you'll need some buttons, a router >and a 
table saw. Good luck, let the list know how you made out. 
 >Michael A. Morvan 
 >Blackstone Valley Piano 
 >Dedicated To Advancing The Art Of Keyboard Restoration 
 >76 Sutton Street 
 >Uxbridge, Ma. 01569 
 >(508) 278-9762 
 >Keymaestro at verizon.net 
 >www.pianoandorgankeys.com 
 > 
  >----- Original Message ----- From: "ed miller" 
<edmiller3 at hotmail.com> 
 >To: <pianotech at ptg.org> 
 >Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 9:09 PM 
 >Subject: mortising attachment for drill press 
 > 
 > 
  >>Has anyone ever used a mortising attachment made to fit on your 
drill >>press? 
 >> 
  >>It seems that this might be a possible tool/technique to use for 
evening >>out mortises during rebushing jobs (if the mortises are not 
consistent). >>Maybe you could open the existing mortise just slightly 
that all the >>mortises are exactly the same size. 
 >> 
 >>Just curious if anyone has ever used this tool and/or technique. 
 >> 
 >>Ed 
 >> 
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