Fitting fire hose to barbs

[Will Truitt]

Hi Terry:

 

Thanks for your input.  I’ve been practicing the seven words you can’t say
on TV in anticipation of my need to use them repeatedly today.  Since misery
loves company, it gladdens my heart to know that others have suffered as
much as I am going to.  Gives me the strength to go on – suffering ennobles
us or something like that.   With the 5 rib radii I will be using and the
set up of my  caul radii, and 11 ribs; I am planning on 3 rounds of 4, 4,
and 3 ribs respectively.  

 

Nice pictures, SWEET looking panel.

 

Will 

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Farrell
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 5:19 AM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: Fitting fire hose to barbs

 

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

 

 

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