BARBOLA WORK revealed!

[Nicolas Ward]

On 7/20/07, eLLioTT morEton <emoreton at alum.swarthmore.edu> wrote:
> __________________________________________________________________________
> barbola work (n.) -- (metallurgy) - A surface hardening technique in which
> numerous small protrusions are repeatedly extruded from the surface of the
> piece and flattened out again.  See also "shot peening".
>
> By JEAN-JOSEPH.  3 = Judith 1 + Nick 2
>
> Jim: Honorable mention vote for using the term "shot peening"!  Also, the
> Most Likely To Be By Nick award
>
> Nick:  Barbs are pokey. Makes sense to me. 2 points.

It seems I have a reputation to uphold.

--Nick

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