Heating brass collars

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W - 17 Apr 2004 12:36 GMT

I am in the throngs of fashioning a mast, and I would prefer to use a brass
collar.

If I apply a heat source, will that be sufficient to expand the diameter
such that I can move it into place, allow it to cool to more or less form a
tight bound?

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Bradford Chaucer - 18 Apr 2004 03:14 GMT

>I am in the throngs of fashioning a mast, and I would prefer to use a brass
>collar.
>
>If I apply a heat source, will that be sufficient to expand the diameter
>such that I can move it into place, allow it to cool to more or less form a
>tight bound?

In theory yes, depending on the relative sizes of the parts involved.
However your basic premise; that heating a ring (or collar) will
result in an increase in diameter is correct.

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W - 18 Apr 2004 09:16 GMT

> In theory yes, depending on the relative sizes of the parts involved.
> However your basic premise; that heating a ring (or collar) will
> result in an increase in diameter is correct.

That is what I thought, but when I tried visualising it, it did not make any
sense.

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Heating brass collars