Plastic (old) elbow dilemma

[Ken Jankura]

I made a jig out of wood scraps and CA glue one morning in 5 minutes that
lasted half an elbow job. The addition of a little more CA glue helped it
last the other half of that job and a few others after. It chucks in a
variable speed drill and speeds up the screw-on process. Pianotek sells a
very compact nifty tool of this order for under $10. I bought one.
Ken Jankura


At 02:40 PM 10/20/99 -0400, you wrote:
>At 11:17 AM 10/20/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>>Clyde:
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>>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.
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>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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