[TheForge] Re: Rivets & heat

[Mike Spencer]

Steve Bloom <sabloom at ironflower.com> wrote:

> If you need a definitive answer from the world of experimental 
> "science", check out:
>
> www.ironflower.com/tips/rivet & heat experiment.jpg
>
> In a nutshell -
>
> [snip 8-step procedure]
>
> so - the hole shrinks.

Excellent!  The Enlightenment was not altogether in vain.

I'll just go and do that myself.  But not today, as we're in the middle
of a record hot spell and today the humidity is 100% -- yes, tangible
water in the all too warm air.

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