Filling fingernail gouges in sides of keys

[David Skolnik]

Fairly clear, Gammy -
Using a standard plunge depth / insert thickness? Is insert left 
high, to be sanded flush?
How close to keytop can / do you get with router?
Picture of your set up?

Regards -

David Skolnik
Hastings on Hudson, NY


At 07:20 AM 7/21/2008, you wrote:
>On giving this more thought, I would pass on the filling endeavor.
>The cart is before the horse... It's like deciding to gild the plate
>after you restrung the piano.
>
>But afterthoughts are sometimes the Grandmothers of Invention.
>
>Here's what I would do so as not to have a dissimilar material on the key:
>
>Route out a strip with a 1/4" or so bit with a plunge router. Start 
>at the front
>and route a slot right off the back of the head. Inlay a piece of 
>wood fashioned
>from suitable stock. Trim rear edge to the angle of the key.
>
>The diameter of the router bit would be determined by the width of the damage.
>The only filling that may be needed would be at the top front edge 
>of the inlay
>if you left it rounded. Otherwise squaring the corners would preclude rounding
>the ends on the inlays.
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>
>Jon Page
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