Porritt, David wrote: > This comes up from time to time. Why would you glue, shellac or put > anything sticky on the guide rail? You’ll curse yourself the next time > you have to rebush the rail. I've rebushed plenty of previously goobered up guide rails, including the one below. That's the "before", incidentally <G>. They actually drill out and clean up out fairly easily, even when it's Titebond. >I have never glued the felt and have never > had a bushing move. I haven't had to replace many that I've poked out, but those I have made an impression that I took personally. So I secure new ones. I like the shellac thing too. I'm going to alcohol and water size the bushings anyway, so I'd just as well get some bushing to wood adhesion in the process. >Of course this is with the single felt bushings and > I use the felt that’s made to fit when you just pull it through the > hole. When I encounter those awful double bushed rails, I replace them > with new ones and drill for the single felt. What? Removing features??!! Yea, me too. Ron N -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: guide rail.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 66959 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080805/f809a416/attachment-0001.jpg
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