Stuck Ferrule (female end) question

On Jul 4, 12:02*pm, rw wrote:
On 7/4/10 10:41 AM, riverman wrote:



However, the female end is less clear. Think of a donut (as the female
end of a ferrule resembles a donut in cross-section): first instincts
may say to heat the female end to expand it, but when a donut expands,
the hole actually gets smaller. SO heating the female end may make the
ferrule tighter.

I'm afraid that you're wrong. Heating the female ferrule will cause the
hole to expand. So it's best to heat the female ferrule and cool the
male ferrule.

Hacksaw blade generates enough heat to separate the two.
Frank Reid
(always glad to help)

On 7/4/10 3:08 PM, Frank Reid © 2010 wrote:
On Jul 4, 12:02 pm, wrote:
On 7/4/10 10:41 AM, riverman wrote:



However, the female end is less clear. Think of a donut (as the female
end of a ferrule resembles a donut in cross-section): first instincts
may say to heat the female end to expand it, but when a donut expands,
the hole actually gets smaller. SO heating the female end may make the
ferrule tighter.

I'm afraid that you're wrong. Heating the female ferrule will cause the
hole to expand. So it's best to heat the female ferrule and cool the
male ferrule.

Hacksaw blade generates enough heat to separate the two.
Frank Reid
(always glad to help)


Frank, your style would be to use a Sawzall, full force, while wearing
shorts and flip flops.

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On Jul 4, 4:33*pm, rw wrote:
On 7/4/10 3:08 PM, Frank Reid © 2010 wrote:





On Jul 4, 12:02 pm, *wrote:
On 7/4/10 10:41 AM, riverman wrote:

However, the female end is less clear. Think of a donut (as the female
end of a ferrule resembles a donut in cross-section): first instincts
may say to heat the female end to expand it, but when a donut expands,
the hole actually gets smaller. SO heating the female end may make the
ferrule tighter.

I'm afraid that you're wrong. Heating the female ferrule will cause the
hole to expand. So it's best to heat the female ferrule and cool the
male ferrule.

Hacksaw blade generates enough heat to separate the two.
Frank Reid
(always glad to help)

Frank, your style would be to use a Sawzall, full force, while wearing
shorts and flip flops.

And without the guard whilst standing in water. Then again, life gets
kinda boring so you gotta heat things up.
Frank Reid