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- From: pebrier@srv.PacBell.COM (Paul Brierley)
- Subject: Re: Problems heating with wood
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.212424.26083@PacBell.COM>
- Originator: pebrier@boulder
- Sender: news@PacBell.COM (Pacific Bell Netnews)
- Organization: Pacific * Bell
- References: <9211080128.AA0045i@bpc.UUCP> <1992Nov9.155749.24910@osf.org> <1992Nov11.223204.14183@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:24:24 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov11.223204.14183@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au>, rim@csadfa.cs.adfa.oz.au (Bob McKay) writes:
- |> neilson@osf.org (Peter Neilson) writes:
- |>
- |> Just wanted to second this and explain why: it's getting awfully close to
- |> breaking the golden rule of working with hammers: NEVER hit two hard steel
- |> items together - the harder they are the more likely they are to shatter
- |> (the effect can be quite similar to standing next to a hand grenade). Now
- |> neither the sledge hammer nor the maul will be really hard steel, but they
- |> are hard enough to be fairly dangerous. The back end of steel wedges are left
- |> untempered for this reason, which is why they deform fairly rapidly. It's also
- |> why you should replace wedges reasonably frequently, as all that hammering will
- |> gradually work harden them to the stage where they may start spitting out
- |> high speed slivers (basically, when the back end starts to split, it's time to
- |> replace them).
- |>
- |>
- |> Cheers
- |> Bob McKay
- |>
- |> --
- |> Bob McKay Phone: +61 6 268 8169 fax: +61 6 268 8581
- |> Dept. Computer Science Internet: rim@csadfa.cs.adfa.oz.au
- |> ADFA, Northcott Dve UUCP:...!uunet!munnari!csadfa.cs.adfa.oz.au!rim
- |> Campbell ACT 2600 AUSTRALIA ARPA: rim%csadfa.cs.adfa.oz.au@uunet.uu.net
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- Speaking as a former recipient of one of these metal slivers off of a wedge
- (in the hand, and thank God not in the eye), I wholeheartedly confirm what
- Bob says! That also made me a true believer in eye protection!!!
-
- Happy splitting :-)
-
- Paul Brierley
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