[sdiy] Making / repairing a keytop ??

[Dana Scott]

I have a number of junk pratt-reed keyboards, which should be standard AGO size.
Think a key from one of them would fit?
-Dana

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "john mahoney" <jmahoney at gate.net>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Making / repairing a keytop ??


> Anybody ever tried using the "bake to harden" moldable polymers like Fimo or
> Sculpey? (I sound like an arts & crafts guy, lately!) They are like modeling
> clay but then you can bake it to harden it.
> 
> You could probably use it to fill in the gaps in the broken key.
> 
> And there's always Bondo, used for car body repairs, as well as Plastic Wood
> (TM).
> --
> john
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Forbes, Doug" <doug.forbes at canyons.edu>
> To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 10:18 AM
> Subject: [sdiy] Making / repairing a keytop ??
> 
> 
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > I got a totally boss Baldwin Fun Maker over the weekend at a garage sale
> > only problem is that one of the keytops is shattered and the pieces are
> > gone.
> >
> > Have any of you repaired or built from scratch a plastic piece like this ?
> > What / where do you get the material ? What do you use to glue it together
> ?
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Doug Forbes
>