Re: IVOR-X ferrules

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dale) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Snoozy) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>   I picked up a tip jig from L. Bludworth.  You put a tip in it then
> put it in a vice and squeeze the tar out of it.  This hardens them up.
>  They feel too soft to me out of the box.  I've also tried soaking
> them in different liquids first.  Seems this makes them harder than
> compressing them dry.  Dale C.

I have a 20ton hydraulic press, like a mechanics shop uses. I've
thought of trying to press a tip with that. You think that would work?

What sort of liquids have you used? Did any seem to work better than
others?