Loc-line Assembly Helper

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I have some Loc-Line hose. (the 1/4" variety - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006R9O3HE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B006R9O3HE&linkCode=as2&tag=jeffsportfoli-20&linkId=559ab50045c58f1eb20c286ad1080ce3) Disassembling them isn't too bad (just use a screwdriver), but assembling them is a real pain. Loc-Line sells a wrench specifically for assembling them (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006R9O3HE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B006R9O3HE&linkCode=as2&tag=jeffsportfoli-20&linkId=559ab50045c58f1eb20c286ad1080ce3), but no one around me had one in stock, so I decided to print these simple plates to help assemble them. One is a receptacle for the ball end, and the other is a receptacle for the cone end. Simply align the ball end next to the cone end, places these plates around them, and then tighten (I used two small, 4" handscrew clamps that Rockler sells - https://www.rockler.com/wooden-handscrew-clamps-clamps)