[TheForge] work hardening question

[Kenny O]

terrylr@blauedonau.com wrote:

> hello;
>
> this question occurred to me this past saturday and again yesterday
> while watching the antenna tower by the house sway back and forth in
> the wind.
>
> i may be overlooking something rather simple but here is the question.
>
>
>
> --
> Terry L. Ridder
> Blue Danube Artistic Forge (Blaue Donau Kunstschmiede)
> "We do not bend metal, we sculpt it."

KO writes
I have built a few towers and they are bolted , not welded . for that
reason.
the joinery is the solution ,  most of the structures were riveted , now
bolted.
I aint no metallurgist just was a connector , and weldor in the trade.
the real pain is going over every connection , of say, a 250' tower with a
torque wrench,
and then an inspector with a pair of binoks gives it the o-kay from from
the ground.