Quote Originally Posted by Paul Z View Post
My father use to own a Rubber Goods Products company, I use to make hose assemblies for the Southern Paciffic RR. I was paid a whopping $1 per hour working for him. They are not difficult to make in the least.
The modern products are amazing. Once this was put together, there is no way to pull it apart again. I tried! I consider it fit for flight, there is no way it's coming apart.