[Public-List] reswaging?

[John Birch]

Yes, very serious problem - it's called "work hardening"


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From: "Roger L. Kingsland" <r.kingsland at ksba.com>
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> We have an interesting guy at our marina who fixes radar on commercial tow
> boats (don't know why they call them tow boats when they actually push
> barges).  I mentioned to him hearing that storing a mast outside in cold
> climates can cause problems with standing rigging when ice gets in the
> connections.  His reaction was that ice would expand the swag fittings and
> that could be fixed by recompressing the fitting (not removing it, just
> tightening it).
>
> Does anyone see a problem w/ giving this a try? It seems logical, 
> but.......
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roger 148
>
>
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