[TheForge] bar twisters

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> I'm not convinced:~)
>
> You may only be stretching the extremities, and the centroid shall not
> change, no matter how many revolutions.
> Sounds like a good place for a test piece. But can we measure that small a
> shrinkage?
>
> dan tull

Well, why not try it and find out, rather than theorizing endlessly? For our
purposes, if we can't measure a difference, there IS no useful difference.
While a micron or two might be important in machining or serious science, it
just doesn't apply to most of our usual activities- whonking that iron or
steel into an attractive shape.

Saint Phlip,
CoDoLDS

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....