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In the real world, hardware design or operating conditions that are overstressing your material may not be immediately fixable. Firstly, in the case of the Old Forest, overstressing wood might have added too sinister a coloring for the episode: the forest's disquieting aspects are after all carefully counterbalanced by the welcoming figure, songs and home of Tom Bombadil (himself as much part of the Old Forest as any of its gnarled trees). Because the material expands a controlled amount," says Jacobs, "we are able to retain the Fastener pre-load without overstressing the bolts. |
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