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Repairing Warped Keys
By Larry Mayo

I've just finished repinning the balance rail on my ongoing built-up
project, and seem to have uncovered another problem.  Now that the rail
pins are all nice and vertical, there are a number of keys that are
rather twisted to one side or another.

I've tried steaming them, and correcting the twist by clamping the tail
of the key in a vice and clamping a level on the front.  After steaming
the key, however, I still haven't managed to get the correct amount of
twist to correct the problem.

Has anyone come up with a fool-proof method for correcting warped
keys?  Spring-back seems to be a real problem.

Larry Mayo


(Message sent Mon 4 Jan 1999, 14:26:24 GMT, from time zone GMT-0600.)

Key Words in Subject:  Keys, Repairing, Warped

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