<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> Dave,<br> <br> I still use the Wagner Safe-T-Planer method of planing down the keysticks which gives good results if the cutters are kept sharp. You chuck the planer into a drill press and hold the key with a block vise (jig for holding key within block vise is a good idea). <br> <br> Clamp a key in the vise and bring the table up so that the planer cutters just touch the original key tops. After removing the old ivories, create a stack of cardboard / paper to equal the thickness of the new keytops and lay that on the drill press table under the block vise. Now you can remove just enough material from the keystick to end up with original key height.<br> <br> Slather on some PVC-E, press keytops into place (jig for 2 mm overhang), and after the glue dries, you can trim, notch and final file. <br> <br> If the fronts are yellowed or damaged, I also have a jig for cutting off the fronts using a table saw.<br> <br> Tom Cole<br> <br> Dave McKibben wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid410-2200510023165617906@earthlink.net"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name="GENERATOR"> <p> </p> <div>List:</div> <div> </div> <div>I'm curious on what methods you use when replacing keytops.  Primarily the method used to remove the wood so the new key & top will end up with the same total dimensions </div> <div>as the original key.</div> <div>Do you use routers and a jig?   OR  table saw?  or  what?</div> <div>I'm doing my first keytop replacement and would like to know your comments.</div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks much</div> <div> </div> <div>Dave McKibben</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> </blockquote> </body> </html>