{"id":231,"date":"2020-01-29T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pegasus18.com\/zenith\/?p=231"},"modified":"2020-01-29T17:21:02","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T17:21:02","slug":"how-to-fit-a-new-rib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pegasus18.com\/zenith\/2020\/01\/29\/how-to-fit-a-new-rib\/","title":{"rendered":"How to: Fit a new rib"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome to the second ‘How to’ post. I’ve had a couple of people ask me how the new ribs are fitted, so here’s a few pictures of the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first job is to trim down the end of a new rib. A couple of years ago I was fortunate to be walking past Arthur Beale’s chandlery on Shaftesbury Avenue in Central London. They had the lovely Japanese Shinto Rasp<\/a> for sale, the ideal tool for reducing the size of the end of the rib.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The end of the rib just need to be reduced by a couple of mm on the front face and sides for about half an inch, this allows the rib to slide into the slot in keel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At this point it is essential to sand a small radius on the sides of what will be the inner surface of the rib. If I left this square there’s a chance the rib will split along this hard edge when it goes into compression<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can see the slot in the keel that will take the trimmed end of the new rib<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now it is time to steam the rib, I’ve found that 20 minutes is ideal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This video (made a few years ago) shows the steamer in action<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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