<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3395" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>@font-face { font-family: Cambria Math; } @font-face { font-family: Calibri; } @page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif" } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } A:visited { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } SPAN.EmailStyle17 { COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-style-type: personal-compose } .MsoChpDefault { mso-style-type: export-only } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=purple link=blue bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>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.....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:003e01c9260a$95f35350$0601a8c0@DESKTOP" align=baseline border=0></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:003f01c9260a$95f35350$0601a8c0@DESKTOP" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I took these pictures yesterday morning - I ribbed a Del Fandrich design soundboard panel for a 1970s S&S D.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I find ribbing panels one of the most satisfying activities. I love how the panel goes from wet-noodle to rock stiffness. Fun stuff!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><A href="http://www.farrellpiano.com">www.farrellpiano.com</A></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal>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?  <o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal>Will Truitt<o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>