[TheForge] Forged Giant Nut!!!

Wed May 29 19:55:00 2002

I too enjoy Battle Bots. I am wondering how about Battle Bots Soccer or
Hockey. It would sure save a lot of injuries and be interesting toboot.
Rowland
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Miller" <[email protected]>
To: "theforge" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 3:05 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Forged Giant Nut!!!


> Hey Guys!!!
> There's nothing like old technology merging with new technology.
>
> I was watching BattleBots on Comedy Central on cable, late last night. I
> know I could have been working in the shop.
> The championship trophy for the different weight classes is "The Giant
> Nut". It is an actual hex nut with about an eight inch thread diameter.
> Reminds me of my old days in steam turbine installation and maintenance.
>
> Anyway, they showed video footage of the nut being hot forged prior to
> machining the threads, and clean up machining the faces.
> VERY COOL!!! Looked alot like the photos we've seen of anvils being hot
> forged under a huge power hammer.
> VERY COOL!!!
>
> As they say on BattleBots, "It really kicked Bot!"
>
> Ray Miller
> Cincinnati
>
>
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