Hi Ron, Its rather slow but I use a kitchen knife blade ground down to just narrow of the width of the button hole. The reason for the knife is that the glue does not set up as quickly esp in 40 degree weather like now in Idaho. The glue is placed on the wood, not the felt like others do. So there usually is no cross contamination of glue on the working side of the felt. There sometimes is dripping glue that gets on the top of the bushing and must be wiped off before putting the felt in place. I do not use a knife or other blade to cut the cloth but trim withmy flush cutters that are also used for cutting centerpins. One side is done at a time so that the glue is set prior to the second round. There is little or no waste of felt. Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 11:28 AM Subject: Re: making key bushing cauls > > >With the other side of the hole. > >Joe Goss RPT > > > Do you just guess long on the second pass then? Also, how do you apply > glue, and gage the amount? I've wondered how this works with hot hide glue. > > Ron N > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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