[TheForge] [OT] Cobbler tool for blacksmiths

[Jerry Frost]

I guess I've just seen too much metal bent by freezing water. A bread pan 
will be bulged on all five faces by water freezing in it, not so a pie pan 
or shallow cake pan.

Yeah, spousal units have fuses in the oddest places. So put them outside or 
move far enough north you get proper freezes after sunset.

Jer
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From: "Saint Phlip" <phlip at 99main.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 10:22 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] [OT] Cobbler tool for blacksmiths


Wouldn't work I don't think, because the freezing water would need
something to push against to expand in a useful direction.

Besides, I suspect most of you would have no need for boots, properly
sized, steel-toed, or otherwise, if your spouses caught you putting
boots in the freezer ;-)

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 6:19 PM, Jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> wrote:
> forget the hydraulic toe expander and fill (Okay partly fill!) a balloon
> with water and put it in the freezer. It may take more than on application
> but it's really easy.
>
> Jer