Re: 1/4 mile of one inch wrought iron

JAB <here@is.invalid> writes:

On 24 Aug 2024 03:20:05 -0300, Mike Spencer
<mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
 

Wrought is the archaic form of "worked," the more commonly used past
tense and past participle of work.
 
Wrought iron, iron with a very low carbon content that has been
wrought (hammered) by hand.

>
...in the process of converting what comes out of the blast furnace into
merchant bar.

>
When shaping one inch iron, I assume heat was used.  If so, then
another definition (redux) of wrought iron.

Well, I was being "grumpy old man" enough without added critique but I
don't think that VW openwork is 1" (one inch) diameter rod.  I doesn't
look it to my eye.  If you compare the number of pixels in the
width/diameter of the yellow rod with the pixels of the lettering on
the license plate, it looks like the metalwork is 1/2" diameter or
less.  As well, 1/4 mile of 1" steel rod would weigh more than a
complete stock VW Beetle -- floor pan, power plant, running gear and
coachwork combined.

1" round bar weighs four times (per foot) the weight of 1/2" round bar.

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Mike Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada