was: help with Jaras Jig

[Ron Nossaman]

> Many thanks for the replies.

Hi Gene,
I meant to get back to you on this one and wandered off behind 
the little animals and forgot. I did a set of top plates and 
long buttons on a D a couple of years ago, and had similar 
concerns. I propped the front of the keys up with a stick, 
just thick enough so they were barely resting on the balance 
rail punchings, so the keys were supported front, center, and 
back. I then bent the center rail pin as necessary to center 
it on the key in the top of the mortise before putting on the 
top plates and repeated the process for the buttons. The 
results centered the button mortises nicely. The high res 
photos are clearer, but these should be decipherable.

Low tech, but it worked pretty well for me.

Ron N
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