Okay, Augusto, here goes: Go to a hobby shop and get thick superglue or gel superglue. Get a bottle of accelerator to make the glue set quickly. Get a set of needle files. [my diagnostic tip: use a maglight or other flashlight/torch and shine it inside your keybox through the holes with keys in place, look at the outside to see where you need to shim, helps you know where to file later, too] Take your wobbly key out. Swab the area of the keyhole to be shimmed with a cotton swab dipped in accelerator. Use a toothpick and smooth superglue where you need to shim. It will set very quickly. Keep the tube of glue away from the bottle of accelerator and the swab. Making sure the glue has set completely, file the slab of dried glue smooth and the right size to allow your key to slide easily in and out of the keyhole.
Cali says it will last about 3 years. How'd I do, Cali? Barbara On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 8:44 AM, Augusto de Ornellas Abreu < [email protected]> wrote: > hi, Barbara > > nice instrument, that of the link > > could you please share the tips Cali gave you with all of us? > > Augusto > Brazil > > On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Barbara Currier <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Hi, HG folk, >> >> I found another of my Bassot's brothers online. He's in Milan and has a >> lion's head with monkey features, lol!! I wish they had a close up of the >> head. >> >> * >> http://www.audiografia.com/blog/index.php/la-ghironda-hurdy-gurdy-vielle-a-roue/le-ghironde-nei-musei/milano-museo-strumenti-musicali-castello-sforzesco/ >> >> *Cali, thank you for the superglue and accelerator tips at OTW. I'm >> shimming the keyholes and filling in these inexplicable (by me, anyway, they >> look deliberate) scoops out of the keys. Little by little, he is improving. >> >> ATB, >> Barbara >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "hurdygurdy" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<hurdygurdy%[email protected]> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy >> >> The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at >> http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from >> new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "hurdygurdy" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<hurdygurdy%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy > > The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at > http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from > new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster.
