<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:ns0="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> Hi Will,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Glad to help. Do your end caps look like these? Go to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BQ7VPA">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BQ7VPA</a> (Genova #31814 1-1/4" White MPT Plug)<o:p></o:p></h1> <h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></h1> <h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>The threaded portion (barbs?) fits well enough into the hose I.D. with a little push, hammering, and turning with pliers. Fill up the threads with plumbers putty (the old fashioned gray stuff) and get the cap started in the hose. Through a combination of twisting, pushing and hammering with a small dead blow the cap will insert all the way.<o:p></o:p></h1> <h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></h1> <h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>After you have the cap inserted about half way, the hammering technique involves (assuming you’re right handed) gripping the hose firmly in your left hand at the partially inserted cap thread area and tapping. Strange as this sounds it will work. Use hose/band clamps to tightly secure.<o:p></o:p></h1> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Nick Gravagne, RPT<o:p></o:p> Piano Technicians Guild<o:p></o:p> Member Society Manufacturing Engineers<o:p></o:p> Voice Mail 928-476-4143<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Will Truitt Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 3:07 PM To: '<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Pianotech List</st1:PersonName>' Subject: RE: Fitting fire hose to barbs<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> Hi Nick:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Your comments are very timely, and I am grateful for having them.  My end caps are supposed to be 1 ½” (See second paragraph below)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Thanks for your remark about your using the 1.25” stuff for the end caps.  I’ll head over to Lowe’s tomorrow morning and buy one or two barbs of that size and see if that is going to be a workable solution in a test fitting.  If that seems to be the ticket, then I can go about securing some ones of sufficient quality.  <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Nick, how are you holding the hose to twist and hammer – by hand?  I was finding that the hose wanted to fold over against the pressure of the barb against it instead of staying straight on.  I have some large channel lock pliers, so I will try that too.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Thanks again for your help, and any further comments you have would be appreciated.  <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Will<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html>