Plastic (old) elbow dilemma

[Jon Page]

At 11:17 AM 10/20/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>Clyde:
>
>Heat the wire with a propane torch until you see it turn color just a
little -
certainly not red!  Push it in the elbow and hold it straight until the wire
cools enough to be solid (10 seconds or so).  Try it you'll like it.  I cut
the
old elbows off with a pair of wire cutters, cutting it lengthwise.  By now
most
elbows are so brittle that they fall off easily.
>
>dave

It seems to me; for the time it takes to heat the wire,
insert it and wait till it cools; you could just rotate one on.

Vise-Grips on the wire makes quick work of it, no fumes,
no fire hazard, no fuel cost.

Besides, if you have a willing helper; while they replace the 
elbows, you could be tightening action screws.

Menial tasks should be delegated to speed up the job.

Now, if I could just get one of my kids to mow the lawn . . . 
Jon Page,  Harwich Port,  Cape Cod,  Mass.  mailto:jpage@capecod.net
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