key bushings

[Jon Page]

At 04:17 PM 9/5/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Richard, the _glue_ and the wood is holding the felt rigidly.  I have
>never seen folded bushings cup around the balance pin.  But then I am
>more careful than factories dream of being. :)
>
>                 Newton


I have.


>Richard Brekne wrote:
> >
> > Newton.. this is not in my experience. I have seen this kind of bowing 
> in both bent and not bent bushings and just about as often in the one as 
> in the other. I have always assumed it had to do with poorly distributed 
> glue. In anycase, I never bend when rebushing,  and since (some years 
> back) starting to be carefull to make sure the glue is equally
> > distributed over the entire width of the felt I have not ever 
> experienced any such bowing.
> >
> > I dont quite get the paper analogy... I mean you dont have this like 
> solid and flat piece of wood that is glued onto the back side in the 
> picture... and if you did.... grin... well I kinda gotta think the paper 
> would lie just as flat... bent or not.
> >
> > JMV
> >
> > RicB