Hope the boiling water/oil thing works for you. I found that when I put the hardware on my hoses that my four-letter-word vocabulary increases dramatically. I think I did finally use some sort of lubricant - been so long now I really don't remember what - but I do remember lots of cursing, twisting, pounding, pleading, etc. But in the end they finally go and you get something like this..... I took these pictures yesterday morning - I ribbed a Del Fandrich design soundboard panel for a 1970s S&S D. I find ribbing panels one of the most satisfying activities. I love how the panel goes from wet-noodle to rock stiffness. Fun stuff! FWIW: I used three presses to rib this panel. A smaller press was used for the high treble ribs. I takes me about 20 minutes to prep, glue and clean-up each rib - so even if I am working without interruption, leapfrogging with three presses gives me 40 to 50 minutes of clamping time for each rib. I'm using Titebond Original which has a recommended clamp time of 20 minutes or so. Because of press space limitations with the fanned rib array, I often only use two presses when ribbing small panels. This particular soundboard has 19 ribs - so using three presses was much more efficient. Terry Farrell www.farrellpiano.com ----- Original Message ----- I got my Nitrile rubber 1 ½" fire hose late this afternoon, and at the end of the day I cut my lengths and started playing with fitting the hose over the barbs of my end pieces. The inner diameter is slightly smaller than the end of the barb. Even with grease and wanging the barb around the inside of the end of the hose to stretch it a bit, it looks like it's going to be a lot of work to get those suckers on - a lot of screaming, cursing, and gnashing of teeth. I was hoping to secure a tool designed for this task at a hardware store, but there appears to be no such animal. The suggestion of placing the hose end in very hot water was made to me, and I will try that tomorrow. Does anyone who has experience doing this have any suggestions that I could use to make my life easier here? Will Truitt -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20081004/72096380/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 149141 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20081004/72096380/attachment-0002.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 143821 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20081004/72096380/attachment-0003.jpe
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