[TheForge] Re: Free the Stake!

[Tod Estes]

How about cooling the large block with a mix of acetone and dry ice, heat the
stake with a non-flame heat source. and tap to see if one or another moves. I
guess you could use just liquid nitrogen and then try to heat the stake. Not as
much fun as explosives.
Quoting Andrew Vida <osan at netlabs.net>:

>
>
> Larry Brown wrote:
> >
> > Something I haven't seen suggested:
> > Cut the stake off close to the block. Reforge a taper on the stake.
> > Drill a bunch of holes in the stub making as large a hole as possible or
> > blow through with a torch. Heat the stub remains with a torch,
> > preferably a large or rosebud tip. This will force the stub to upset
> > into itself and will probably fall out or be easily driven out after
> > cooling with the block upside down
>
> 	That would have to be a hell of a jam to warrant that much surgery.
>
> 	How about dynamite?  No, probably would not do the job, but the great
> big <kaboom> would be fun.
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Tod Estes

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