24 Dec
2010
24 Dec
'10
2:36 p.m.
From: cisin at xenosoft.com
On Fri, 24 Dec 2010, Ray Arachelian wrote:
Howzbout: do some with pulls, some with new, some with homemade variants,
and keep track of how well they hold up.
Hi
I think one can use polyfoam. This should work well and won't
turn to goo. How thick does it need to be? If there are not
sheets of the right thickness, it can be cut from thicker
blocks.
Most any packaging shop should have polyfoam sheets ( note:
not styrofoam ).
Dwight
They
would need shipping to New Zealand which would add to the cost.
Also I have THREE keyboards I'd like to repair not just one.
Oh, I see, these
are pulls from another old keyboard. Too bad. I suppose if you could build some sort of
circular cutting device that
has the right diameter, it would go a lot easier, but that seems
difficult. You'd need to find a metal tube of the right size and
sharpen it to a blade, then rotate it against foam glued to a
mylar/taped aluminum foil layer. (Or against foam/taped aluminum
separately and then glue.)
What size do you need? Not all hole punches are standard office size.
Punches for leather might work.
woodworking "plug cutter"?
PAPER DRILL bits, although not cheap, are available up to about 1/2"
(eBay: "paper-drill bit*")
and there certainly are plenty of folk with lathes who could sharpen a
piece of tubing for you.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com