<HTML><HTML>In a message dated 7/29/2006 2:30:24 PM Central Daylight Time, debrafeiger@gmail.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Can someone tell me the tool(s) they use to remove key leads?  Thank you </BLOCKQUOTE> A simple punch close to the diameter of the lead is good; too small will spread the lead and tighten it in the hole. Support the key around the diameter of the hole with a simple jig (a block with hole drilled in it to allow the key lead to fall through). I have found some instances where the key lead is so tight that I felt that I might split the key; I have drilled a hole offset from the center of the lead and then used a small diameter punch to spread the lead away from the wood surface of the key. The lead can then easily be pushed out. PR-J</HTML>