<!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 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Hey, is that the James Baker from NC? If so, so nice to hear from = you. Please chime in now and then and let us know what you are thinking! = Going to Chicago this summer???? Maybe it was you that brought me luck when I won = that nice Renner tuning hammer......or maybe it was that = brunette.......anyway, take care.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell <SPAN = id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=JamesBakerRPT@carolina.rr.com href="mailto:JamesBakerRPT@carolina.rr.com">James Baker</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 12, = 2001 12:36 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Key Bushings & = Hot Hide Glue</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I use a glue pot from Schaff with a Tupperware type lid I found which just fits my glue pot.  = I cut a 1" hole in the center for my glue stick.  For key bushing, I = make my glue in a baby food or pimento jar and put the jar in my pot = surrounded by a water bath.  A popsickle stick squared off is the perfect length = and width for the pre cut cloth from Renner.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 12, = 2001 8:39 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Key Bushings = & Hot Hide Glue</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>My little hot pot on cost $11 and it has a nice lid that keeps = the moisture in so that the glue does not skim over. It is wider also, = so less chance of tipping over. Joe Garrett has informed me that keeping the = glue between 130 F and 150 F should be just fine. My 140 F should work = quite well then.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The supply house pots are just so expensive. I'm sure they work = fine also. The ugly truth is that three years ago I bought one, used it = once, and decided that I would never use hot hide glue again. I looked for it = the other day when about to start glueing key bushings, and could not = find it. So WalMart there I went. I'll keep my eyes open around the homestead = for my old glue pot though. I did not realize you could adjust them.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell <SPAN = id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- = </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=hjackson8@juno.com = href="mailto:hjackson8@juno.com">Howard F Jackson</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December = 12, 2001 8:08 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Key Bushings = & Hot Hide Glue</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Terry,</DIV> <DIV>You just going around the world to get across the = street.  Just order a glue pot from Schaff or your favorite supply = house.  Buy a candy/deep fry thermometer to check.   If = needed, remove a few screws and the pot housing opens up and can be = calibrated with a turn of a screw.  I've had my pot 25 yrs or so = and adjusted it once after it fell off the work bench.  </DIV> <DIV>Howard </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 21:46:21 -0500 "Farrell" <<A = href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A>>= writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px; BORDER-LEFT: = #000000 2px solid"> <DIV>Thanks Roger. I've been won over. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What methods do folks use to keep the water bath at 130 F? = I have a Rival Hot Pot (the one Bill Spurlock recommends). It has a = little dial guage that I have set to low. That was close to boiling, so I = put the little thingeemabobble thing in the plug that Schaff (or = whoever) sells for regulating the heat to a soldering iron for ironing key = bushings and whatnot (a reostat?). I set that on the lowest setting also, but = the pot held at a steady 140 F. Any recommendations? And I don't want to = be feeding it ice cubes every five minutes either! Thanks.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV> <DIV> <SPAN id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: = 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- = </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca href="mailto:baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca">jolly roger</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December = 11, 2001 8:51 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Key = Bushings & Hot Hide Glue</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=3>Hi = Terry,<BR>          &nb= sp;    There will be no turning back, you are hooked.   My = goodness another hot hide glue addict.   Warning, you may = start to find lots of uses for it <G><BR><BR>Regards Roger</FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Howard Jackson, RPT<BR>email: Hjackson8@juno.com<BR>Monroe, LA  (318) 388-4879<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>