Extending buttons

bigboom · Post by **bigboom** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:24 pm

I am looking for a way to extend my fourth valve button straight up. I had an eraser from a pencil rubber cemented on but it falls off a lot and I am looking for a new remedy. I found a thing in the archives that extended them sieways but I don't need it moved to the side at all, just up. Thanks for the help in advance.

Ben Dennis

JayW · Post by **JayW** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:38 pm

you could be creative and solder a coin or two onto the top of it ( taking into mind more weight may effect the springs performance) ....I believe there is a post about just such a procedure not too far down this board.

Tubaryan12 · Post by **Tubaryan12** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 8:37 pm

I would use cork (from a wine bottle) and a contact adhesive...easy to remove when you want it off and light weight and the cork can be trimmed to size

Tubaryan12 · Post by **Tubaryan12** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 11:51 pm

Have a longer stem machined for the horn - Oberloh, Bloke, Dan Schultz.

That's a great idea....just try the temp solutions 1st to get the exact height you want.

ThomasDodd · Post by **ThomasDodd** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:42 am

Tubaryan12 wrote:
Have a longer stem machined for the horn - Oberloh, Bloke, Dan Schultz.
That's a great idea....just try the temp solutions 1st to get the exact height you want.

As bloke mentioned, you'll need to have the valve adjusted after this. Depending on the change, thicker felts would probably work, but you'll want somone to make sure the ports are re-aligned.

Maybe a custom button instead?

How much higher are we talking?