LRod wrote:
:Safety Tip'o'th'week: Never grind aluminum and steel or iron on the same
:machine or workstation - Thermite.
:http://www.hanford.gov/lessons/sitell/ll01/2001-36.htm
: A web search yields hardly any hits on the topic and virtually all of
: them refer to the one Australian occurance in that cite. Makes me
: wonder...
: --
: LRod
It's serious enough for Lee Valley to have written a warning about it --
was in one of their recent catalogs.
Thermite is some serious stuff -- a few ounces can burn through an engine
block, apparently.
-- Andy Barss
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