Original Posted By: "Oscar Zuniga"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Steaming ribsTrying to keep thimgs simple. Bouight a Revere Ware whistling teapot (Revere g 02-c) at a garage sale, popped off the pivoting - whistling spout cover.Bought a piece of the chromed (metal tube) undersink pipe (about 19" long with a 90 degree bend at one end, 1 3/8" I.D.). The bent end is a tight / twisting fit over the teapot's spout. Aimed the pipe back over the handle.Put a quart of water in the pot, turn on the hot plate, slip two capstrips into the pipe end, pack a small rag around the strips at the end of the tube and go away for 30 or 40 minutes. Strips come out nicely limber (I'm using fir). Slip in the jig slick as you please, glue in the fiddly parts, staple on the gussets and let it set up. If you slip two more strips into the "steamer" right after you put the first two into the jig you can do a production run. I usually put one in to the jig (and let it set up overnight) then clean, sand & varnish the previous nights rib.One caution - the steamer has an aft CG and when the water gets low it can rock off of the hotplate, I fixed this with a small screw clamp that captures the flange on the pot just under the spout.________________________________________________________________________________