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color:#1F497D'>Hi Ron:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Greetings from up above. I do have a synthetic grease, which
lubes it up just fine. Now for the boilng hot water. I’ve made 6 cauls, so
that’s 12 pieces of misery without something to make it easier. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ron
Overs<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 03, 2008 9:15 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Pianotech List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Fitting fire hose to barbs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Greetings from down under. Heating the end will help as
mentioned, but another major help is to use rubber grease, which is a grease
made from vegetable oils. If you can't get this product, cooking oil will also
work just fine.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Ron O.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Will do. Thanks, Joe.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<b> On Behalf Of</b> Joe And Penny Goss<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 03, 2008 8:43 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Pianotech List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Fitting fire hose to barbs<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>hi Will,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Never done this but would reccomend the hose end be in
boiling water for enough time to soften the end. NOT JUST HOT WATER. I have
worked with other items that are similar to this.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Joe Goss RPT<br>
Mother Goose Tools<br>
<a href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</a><br>
<a href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 03, 2008 7:11 PM<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b>Subject:</b> Fitting fire hose to barbs<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I got my Nitrile rubber 1 ˝" 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>
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