<div>JD,</div> <div>What do you do when a different glue has been used, other than Hot hide?<BR><BR></div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>At 3:04 pm -0700 14/4/07, Matthew Todd wrote:<BR><BR>>What is the best way to remove front rail bushings if I'm not <BR>>replacing keytops. The reason I ask this is because the way I was <BR>>taught to remove the bushings was with a hot iron and damp rag. <BR>>Well, that'll work fine if I'm replacing keytops at the same time <BR>>since the steam will work the tops loose. But I want to remove <BR>>front rail bushings only, and I want to find out something that will <BR>>work better.<BR><BR>I have never used steam to remove anything in 35 years. Use hot <BR>water with a few drops of detergent to soak the bushings, leave them <BR>for a an hour or two or for as long as it takes and then lift out the <BR>bushings with flat nosed pliers. The whole
job will take less than <BR>half an hour. Needless to say, the water that actually does the work <BR>is by then cold, and anyone who works with animal glue knows that <BR>glue is softened more quickly with cold water than with hot. The <BR>purpose of using hot water is simply to overcome surface tension so <BR>that the water soaks immediately through the cloth.<BR><BR>I used to use an eye-dropper or pen-filler to apply the water but <BR>quite recently invented a new tool and made one also for a colleague <BR>of mine, who has now told me three times how pleased he is with the <BR>method. I'll take a picture when I can find it, but the principle is <BR>that of an old dip-pen. The tool is made from a bamboo chopstick (a <BR>hammer-shank will also do) with a slit that will hold just enough <BR>water to soak one bushing. When you dip it in the water it picks up <BR>just the right amount and when you touch it on the cloth, that water <BR>is drawn into the bushing and there is no
spillage.<BR><BR>JD<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><DIV id=RTEContent> <DIV id=RTEContent> <DIV> <DIV>Vince Mrykalo RPT MPT</DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#ff0000>University of Utah</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#ff0000></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>"Minél több a változás, annál nagyobb az állandoság"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>2007 Pacific Northwest Convention</DIV> <DIV>Salt Lake City Utah</DIV> <DIV>April 11-14</DIV> <DIV><BR><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"></FONT> </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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