<HTML><HTML>Joe, How do you figure steaming accounts for about 1/2 the time to install new ke= y bushings. Let's do the math: Disassemble stack, remove keys, put keys into your favorite traveling device=     .5 hr Take keys to shop, begin removal of keybushings (let's say using the soaking= method            &= nbsp;             &= nbsp;             &= nbsp;            min of =   1. hr Let key mortises dry for the remainder of the day    &nb= sp;             &= nbsp;     Next day- install keybushings-   let dry for remainder of day&nbsp= ;             =    1.5 hr Take Keys back- install and fine fit to key pins     install stack back on frame      =               =               =       min. of 2. hrs              &n= bsp;             &n= bsp;             &n= bsp;             &n= bsp;    approx. total 5. hrs Total down time to customer: min  of 2 1/2 days Steaming keybushings in the home       &n= bsp;             &= nbsp;             &= nbsp;  .5 hrs For the record I am strong proponent for replacing keybushings before they g= et too loose. I let the customer's know way in advance when they are approac= hing that line in the sand when they need to put their affairs in order. But the point of the thread was a way of buying time and making the best of = a set of loose bushings.  For me, a fast steaming of the bushings does = an excellent time of buying time of the customer without doing any additiona= l harm to the mortise.Quick and economical being the theme. Tom Servinsky</HTML>