Re: Torch for loosening yer nuts

[byoshida@zygote.hsc.usc.edu (Benton Yoshida)]

>You heat up the nut primarily, but the whole thing gets red hot.  I have
>wondered why it works if the entire thing gets redhot (eliminates heat-expand
>thing pretty much) but it does.  They get really easy to move.
*stuff deleted*
>
>Kyle


Could this work not by expanding and increasing the space between
components but by decreasing the coefficient of friction--sorta like what
happens when brakes fade upon heating?  Just wondering.  b---------

Back to your regularly scheduled flame war :)



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