<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">You know, what about enlarging the hole and cutting a kerf or 2 to insert vaneer front and back. That would give new wood to the surface area.<div><br></div><div>Thoughts?</div><div><br></div><div>Laura Olsen</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On Sep 4, 2011, at 8:11 PM, William Monroe wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><font color="black" size="2" face="arial"><div><div style="font-family:helvetica,arial;font-size:10pt;color:black">
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<div><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 255)">Agreed again. Over-easing . There is a remote possibility that Protek could be an end-game ('though, again, I share your doubt), but over-easing alone is certainly not an end-game, but </span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 255)">was meant as a diagnostic, possibly a first step</span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 255)">. Considering over-easing the holes to the point of getting rid of the noise (if that is even possible) and then glue sizing with another kind of glue. What substance and/or technique do you use to reduce enlarged balance rail pin holes?</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 255)">Alan</span></div>
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<div><br></div></div></div></div></div></font></blockquote><div>Hi Alan,</div><div><br></div><div>I've simply steamed balance rail holes that were modestly enlarged with good success. If they require much more than steaming, I machine out the material and replace with a quarter-sawn poplar insert. The method is one created by Ralph Onesti which utilizes mated circular machining bits for removing the old wood and cutting a matching plug out of new material. Very slick system. I've replaced entire keyboards this way as needed.</div>
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