annealing solid rivets

Oct 25, 2004 4 Replies

I put some in the furnace today, heated to red hot and let them air cool. What a difference. Now my 7th graders can easily peen them. Thanks for all the suggestions.


And you and your students have learned a very good lesson about properties that can be inbued into metals by heat treatments.

-- Why isn't there an Ozone Hole at the NORTH Pole?

Reindeer farts, and rudolphs nose jk

There probably is, in winter. Ozone forms when sunlight hits oxygen, and the north pole is dark for 6 months. It's hard for the UV to sneak thru an ozone hole in the dark, but that does not sell govt funded research projects (white collar welfare).

Good Answer! Unfortunately, it really doesn't wash.

-- Why isn't there an Ozone Hole at the NORTH Pole?

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