<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I've been interested in starting to = do my own key recovering again.  Years ago, I recovered a number of sets with = tops only, sometimes with separate fronts, but never the one piece = kind.  I glued them on with Duco cement and sanded down the sides with a 1" = belt sander.  Those were in the 'good old days'... (a lot of water went = under the bridge since then...)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>The last few years, I've sent sets = to 4 or 5 different places that recover them, and the results are quite = mixed.  Some do good work, some is not so good.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Well, now I'm interested in getting = into it again, but I'm not sure what tools or jigs are available to assist with = this job.  I know things have come a long way since the early = '80s.  A few years ago, there was an ad in the Journal for the "Peterson Router Guide", and there may have been others, but I've not seen anything = of this nature for a while.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>If any of you are recovering your = own keys, I'd be interested in how you're doing it.  Did you find jigs or tools = already made?  Did you make your own?  What kinds of glue do you find = work the best?  Is there an article in the Journal that I've missed?  I = do have access to most going back about 10 years or so.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Thanks for your input.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Best wishes,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Brian Trout</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Quarryville, Pa.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>