<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>It would help if we could see a picture of the = key, but I suspect John Ross has the right approach. And John Delmore is correct to = suggest concern for the repair strength. Chances are that you will not have = perfectly mated repair surfaces - which are required for most glues. This is = a perfect application for the West System epoxy two-step bonding method, = and IMHO, will result in the best, strongest, most = accurate repair.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- <DIV>From: "John Delmore" </DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>> For added strength (you don't want to have it break again!), = you could consider sawing as you mention, then making two evenly spaced = longitudinal cuts across both sawn surfaces, and gluing in splines with the grain = traversing the oringinal cut.  If you're very careful about lining everything up perfectly, it should come out okay, maybe a little = trimming/sanding.  I think carpenter's (yellow) glue would probably be appropriate, since, = hopefully, no-one will have to re-visit this one!<BR></DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message -----</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I think that when the key was = reassembled to glue, it wasn't lined up properly. So that, made the key, pulley.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>The veneer on the sides would have = been added after it had been glued back together.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Fix is remove veneer, break and reglue = to the proper length, and reinforce the sides.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Having said that, I don't know if it = can be done, getting it back right. Too bad the original repairer, hadn't = been more careful.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Tvak@aol.com = href="mailto:Tvak@aol.com">Tvak@aol.com</A></DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><STRONG></STRONG><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>Got a call from a lady who said, 'her key = was broken'.   Skeptical, I asked her about it, and she says = that two technicians have tried to fix this key and now it's worse than = ever.  So, intrigued, I made an appointment to go look at it.<BR><BR>Tom Sivak</FONT></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>