<HTML>In a message dated 02/27/2003 9:20:28 PM Eastern Stand= ard Time, lclgcnp@yahoo.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">still don't quite understand, so would appreciate more details, ( though it sounds quite simple ).     Respectfully,     Thump</BLOCKQUOTE> Hi,   You need a router table,and the router mounts on it from underneath,w= ith the blade protruding up through the hole in the table's center.You make = a jig,or fence, to push the key across the blade.The key will be on it's sid= e,with the top of the key-stick facing the blade.When you push it against th= e blade,it will level the top to the desired thickness.I hope this will make= sense for you. Best, Hazen bannister</HTML>